Section 9 — Social Security (Administration) Act 1999: Claim by transferee

(1) If: (a) a person is a transferee to a benefit or pension; and (b) the person makes a claim for the benefit or pension within 14 days after the day that is the person’s transfer day in relation to the benefit or pension; the transfer day is also the person’s start day in relation to the benefit or pension. (2) If: (a) a person is a transferee to a benefit or pension; and (b) the person makes a claim for the benefit or pension more than 14 days, but not more than 13 weeks, after the person’s transfer day; and (c) the Secretary determines that: (i) during the period beginning on the person’s transfer day and ending on the day on which the person made the claim, the person suffered from an illness or from an incapacity due to a medical condition; and (ii) the illness or incapacity was the sole or principal cause of the person’s failure to make the claim within 14 days after the person’s transfer day; the person’s transfer day is also the person’s start day in relation to the benefit or pension.