Regulation 3 Initial application for support: individual and group applicationsI1

Either of the following—

may apply to the Secretary of State for asylum support.

An application under this regulation may be—

The application must be made by completing in full and in English the form for the time being issued by the Secretary of State for the purpose F1....

The application may not be entertained by the Secretary of State—

The Secretary of State may make further enquiries of the applicant about any matter connected with the application.

Where the Secretary of State makes further enquiries under paragraph (5) the applicant shall reply to those enquiries within five working days of his receipt of them.

The Secretary of State shall be entitled to conclude that the applicant is not co-operating with his enquiries under paragraph (5) if he fails, without reasonable excuse, to reply within the period prescribed by paragraph (5A).

In cases where the Secretary of State may not entertain an application for asylum support he shall also discontinue providing support under section 98 of the Act.

Paragraphs (3) and (4) do not apply where a person is already a supported person and asylum support is sought for a dependant of his for whom such support is not already provided (for which case, provision is made by regulation 15).

For the purposes of this regulation, working day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in the locality in which the applicant is living.