Section 392 — Social Security Act 2018: Application must be made within 3 months after date of notification or further period allowed

392 Application must be made within 3 months after date of notification or further period allowed (1) The application for review must be made within— (a) 3 months after the date of receiving notification of the decision; or (b) a further period the committee has under this section allowed. (2) An applicant for review is treated as receiving notification of the decision in line with regulations made under section 449 if— (a) a decision is made in respect of which an application for review lies to the committee; and (b) notice of the decision is given to the applicant in a way prescribed by those regulations; and (c) the notice is (in the absence of evidence to the contrary) taken to have been received by the applicant as provided by those regulations. (3) The committee may allow a further period within which the application must be made if— (a) the application is not to be, or has not been, made within that 3-month period; and (b) the committee is asked, before or after the end of that 3-month period, to allow a further period; and (c) the committee considers there is good and sufficient reason for the delay. Compare: 1964 No 136 ss 10A(1B) , 12K(11)