1 Entitlement to benefit dependent on claim
Social Security Administration Act 1992 (1992 c 5) | Legislation

Part I Claims for and Payments and General Administration of Benefit

Necessity of Claim

1  Entitlement to benefit dependent on claim

(1)     Except in such cases as may be prescribed, and subject to the following provisions of this section and to section 3 below, no person shall be entitled to any benefit unless, in addition to any other conditions relating to that benefit being satisfied—

(a)     he makes a claim for it in the manner, and within the time, prescribed in relation to that benefit by regulations under this Part of this Act; or

(b)     he is treated by virtue of such regulations as making a claim for it.

[(1A)     No person whose entitlement to any benefit depends on his making a claim shall be entitled to the benefit unless subsection (1B) below is satisfied in relation

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