§ The Countess of Marasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the effective "last day" for appeals to the chairman of the social security appeal tribunal is the date on which the appeal is received by the clerk to the tribunal or whether it is governed by the date of posting; and if it is the latter, whether any allowance is made for postal delay.
§ Lord SkelmersdaleUnder social security legislation, appeals to social security appeal tribunals against adjudication officers' decisions must be made within three months, beginning with the date when notice in writing of the adjudication officer's decision was given, and must be lodged at one of the department's local offices.
The operative date of the appeal is the date of receipt, but tribunal chairmen have the power to extend the three-month time limit and admit late appeals, on application to them.