The Relocation Grants (Form of Application) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/810
• Sections: 21

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Relocation Grants (Form of Application) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 13th April 1998.

Section 2 Amendments

The form set out in the Schedule to the Relocation Grants (Form of Application) Regulations 1997 is amended in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule to these Regulations.

Section 3 Application

These Regulations shall not have effect in relation to applications for a relocation grant made before the 13th April 1998.

Section 1

For question 4.1 substitute—

Section 2

Renumber question 4.1a as question 4.1A.

Section 3

For question 4.6 , substitute—

Section 4

For question 4.7 , substitute—

Section 5

Omit question 4.22.

Section 6

In question 4.29 insert in the appropriate place—

Section 7

In question 4.31 , insert in the appropriate place—

Section 8

In question 4.38 —

(a) omit “, or one or more of the children,” (where those words first occur);

(b) for the words after “local authority,” to “eleventh birthday” substitute “and the charge relates to a period beginning on the child’s 8th birthday and ending on the day before the first Monday in September following his 12th birthday”; and

(c) above “(If “Yes” for one or more” insert—

(If you have named more than one child in question 4.15 , please give this information in respect of each child.)

Section 9

For the Authorisation substitute—

Section 10

In note 19 of the Notes at the end of the form, after the words “income support”, insert “or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance.”.

Section 11

Omit note 28.

Section 12

At the end of the list in the first paragraph of note 43, add—

mandatory top-up payments made to you for participation in the Voluntary Sector Option of the New Deal or in the Environment Task Force Option of the New Deal made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973;

discretionary payments for special needs made to you for participation in the Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973;

Section 13

After note 43, insert—

(43A) This means a payment made under the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 or under section 12B of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.

Section 14

After note 45, insert—

(45A) This means a Career Development Loan paid under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973.

Section 15

At the beginning of the list in the first paragraph of note 50, insert—

concessionary coal or payments made in lieu under section 19(1)(a) of the Coal Industry Act 1994;

Section 16

In note 51 for the last entry in the list in the second paragraph, substitute—

capital administered by the courts of England and Wales or Scotland for any person, deriving from an award of damages for personal injury to that person or, in the case of a person under the age of 18, from compensation for the death of one or both parents.

Section 17

At the end of note 53, add—

You should also answer “No” to this question where your child care expenses have been reimbursed in respect of your participation in an employment programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 or in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) of those Regulations.

Section 18

After note 55, insert—

(55A) It may help the Council to process the application more quickly if each person who receives income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance completes the authorisation at the end of Part 3 . However, there is no obligation to do this.