Section 86
Commencement of proceedings
of Employees' Social Security Act 1969
The proceedings before a Board shall be commenced by application.
(2)
Every such application shall be made within a period of three years from the date on which the cause of action arose.
(3)
For the purpose of subsection (2)—
(a)
the cause of action in respect of a claim for benefit shall not be deemed to arise unless the insured person or in the case of dependants’ benefit or survivors’ pension, the dependants of the insured person or, in the case of funeral benefit, the claimant, claims or claim that benefit in accordance with the regulations made in that behalf within a period of twelve months after the claim became due or within such further period as the Board may allow on grounds which appear to it to be reasonable;
(b)
the cause of action in respect of a claim by the Organization for recovering contributions from the principal employer or a claim by the principal employer for recovering contributions from an immediate employer shall not be deemed to arise till the date by which the evidence of
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contributions having been paid is due to be received by the
Organization under the regulations;
(c)
every such application shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars and shall be accompanied by such fee, if any, as may be prescribed by the regulations.