6 Time for compliance with Part VI and regulations
Where—
(a) a woman is outside the United Kingdom;
(b) Part VI or regulations made under the Order or under Part III of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 require any act to be done forthwith or on the happening of a certain event or within a specified time; and
1975 c. 15; sections 100 and 101, as amended by paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 5 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 and extended to statutory maternity pay by Article 53(3), (6) and (7) of that Order provide for the time for making appeals and applications to be prescribed by regulations
(c) because the woman is outside the United Kingdom she or her employer cannot comply with the requirement,
the woman or the employer, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have complied with it if the act is performed as soon as reasonably practicable.