- Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 2847
The Relocation Grants (Form of Application) Regulations 1997
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| Made | 1st December 1997 | ||
| Coming into force | 16th December 1997 |
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 132(4) and 133(3) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Relocation Grants (Form of Application) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 16th December 1997. Prescribed form
2. An application for a relocation grant shall be made by completion of the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
1st December 1997
(Name and address of Council)
To qualify for a relocation grant (see Note 1 at the back of this form)
- you must have lived in an area which has been declared by the council to be a 'clearance area' and Note 2
either owned your home in that area (whether freehold or leasehold),
or been a tenant of a property in that area, on a lease which runs for more than a year or more than from year to year;
- the council must have bought your home or agreed to do so;
- you must have lived in the property, as your only or main residence, both -
on the date the council declared the clearance area, and Note 3
throughout the twelve month period ending on the day the council agreed to buy your home.
Your council can tell you these dates.
- you, or a member of your family, must intend to buy a new home - Notes 4 and 5
either in the clearance area (for example, if homes are being built on the cleared site)
or in an area designated by the council (please ask your council for details); and
- you, or a member of your family, must intend to live in the property as your only or main residence for at least 5 years.
If you are applying with another person or others jointly, and you are all moving into your new home together, you need only fill in one form on behalf of all the joint applicants. If the other applicants for grant are moving elsewhere, they will need to apply separately.
The home in the clearance area which has been (or is to be) bought by the council is referred to throughout this form as your original home.
The council will need to be satisfied that the new home you are proposing to buy will be reasonably suitable for your needs.
This form is in five parts: -
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Part 1 - asks for some preliminary and general information.
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Part 2 - asks for information about your original home in the clearance area.
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Part 3 - asks for information about the new home you are proposing to purchase.
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Part 4 - asks for information about your household and financial resources.
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Part 5 - requires you to complete a certification about your new home and to sign a declaration about the information you give in the application.
Your application will not be valid unless you complete all the relevant parts of the form.
Addresses and other preliminaries
1.1 Are you applying on behalf of yourself alone or on behalf of yourself and others jointly?
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Alone
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Jointly
1.2
Please give the following details for each grant applicant (use a separate sheet of paper if necessary):
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Full name:
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Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other (please specify)
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Address:
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Address for correspondence (if different from above):
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Telephone numbers: (home)
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(work)
1.3
Please give the age and date of birth of each of the applicants:
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Date of birth:
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Age:
years
1.4
If someone else (eg a friend or advisor) is handling this application on your behalf, please give the name, address and telephone number of the person to be contacted about this application.
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Name:
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Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other (please specify)
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Address:
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Telephone numbers:(home)
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(work)
1.5
Please give the name, address and telephone number of the person who may be contacted to gain access to your proposed new home (eg to carry out an inspection).
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Name:
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Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other (please specify)
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Address:
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Telephone numbers:(home)
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(work)
2.1 Please give the address of your original home:
2.2 Did you (either alone or jointly with others) own:
| Notes 1 and 2 | |
| The freehold of the property? |
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| A long leasehold of the property? |
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| A lease which is renewable annually? |
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| Or a tenancy with more than a year still to run? |
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| (Please tick appropriate box) |
2.3 If you owned the interest jointly with other people, please give the names and addresses of your co-owners (if different from above):
2.4 Were you (and, in the case of a joint application, all the joint applicants) living in your original home as your only or main residence on the date the clearance area was declared?
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Note 3
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Yes
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No
2.4a
Were you (and, in the case of a joint application, all the joint applicants) living in your original home as your only or main residence throughout the twelve month period ending with the day on which the council bought, or agreed to buy, it?
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Note 3
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Yes
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No
2.5
Please give the name of everyone who is entitled to apply for relocation grant, other than yourself and other joint applicants, and who are or were living in your original home with you and their address (if different from above):
2.6 If you (and any other joint applicants) are or were tenants of your original home, please give the name, address and telephone number of your landlord or your landlord's agent:
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Name:
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Address:
Tel:
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Please indicate which:
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Landlord/landlord's agent
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Notes 4 and 5
3.1
Please give the address of the property which you propose to buy:
3.2 Are you proposing to buy the property freehold, leasehold or under shared ownership where you part own part and part rent? (Please delete as appropriate)
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Note 4
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Freehold/leasehold/shared ownership
3.3
If leasehold, how many years are there remaining on the lease?
Please state number:
years Note 6
3.4 Do you propose to purchase alone or jointly with others?
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Alone
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Jointly
3.5
If you are buying the property freehold or leasehold how much will it cost?
£
3.6 If you are buying the property on a shared ownership basis, what percentage of the equity will you be buying initially and how much will that share cost?
% £
3.7 If you are buying the property through an estate agent please give the agent's name and address:
3.8 If you propose to buy a brand new property please give the name and address of the developer:
3.9 Please give the following details of the home you propose to buy. (If you have an estate agent's particulars of the property, please enclose them with your application).
What type of property is it?
(eg terraced, semi-detached, detached, a flat)
Please state type:
How many bedrooms does it have?
bedrooms
3.10 What is the general condition of the property? (If you have a surveyor's report please enclose it with your application).
3.11 Would you expect to apply for a renovation grant, a disabled facilities grant or home repair assistance for the property within three years of purchase?
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Note 7
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Yes
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No
Please note: a separate Part 4 should be completed for each of the following persons:
- the applicant, or each of the joint applicants, and
- any other person who is not an applicant but is entitled to make the application and intends to live in your proposed new home.
4.1 Are you, your partner and everyone else (and their partners) whom you have mentioned in Part 3 above as proposing to buy and/or live in your new home all entitled to and receiving income support or an income-based jobseeker's allowance?
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Notes 8 & 9
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Yes
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No
4.1a
If you are not the applicant or an applicant (ie you did not complete question 1.2), please give the following details about yourself:
Full name:
Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other
Date of birth:
Age:
years
4.2 Do you have a partner who lives with you? Note 9
Yes
Please give the following details of your partner: Note 10
Full name:
Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other
Date of birth:
Age:
years
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No
4.3
Are you, or is your partner, registered as blind?
| You | Your partner |
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Yes |
Yes |
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No |
No |
4.4 Have either you or your partner formerly been registered as blind, but are no longer registered because you have regained your eyesight?
| You | Your partner |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Please give the date on which the registration ceased:
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You:
Your partner:
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No |
No |
Notes:
[1] 1996 c. 53; see section 140 for the meaning of "prescribed".back
