Section 412 — Social Security Act 2018: Appeal must be begun within 3 months of notification or further allowed period

412 Appeal must be begun within 3 months of notification or further allowed period (1) An appeal to the medical board under section 411 must be begun within— (a) 3 months after the date on which the applicant receives notification of the decision; or (b) a further period the board has under this section allowed. (2) An appellant 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 appeal lies to the board; and (b) notice of the decision is given to the appellant 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 appellant as provided by those regulations. (3) The board may allow a further period within which the appeal may be begun if— (a) the appeal is not to be, or has not been, begun within that 3-month period; and (b) an application is made to it, either before or after the end of that 3-month period, to allow a further period; and (c) the board considers there is good and sufficient reason for the delay. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 10B(2)