Regulation 4 Amendment of the Social Fund (Applications) Regulations 1988

After regulation 2 of the Social Fund (Applications) Regulations 1988^f1 there shall be added the following regulation–

“Time at which an application is to be treated as made

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The time at which an application to which regulation 2 above applies is to be treated as made shall be–

(a)

in the case of an application which meets the requirements of regulation 2(1), the date on which it is received in an appropriate office;

(b)

in the case of an application which does not meet the requirements of regulation 2(1), but where the person complies with the requirements of the Secretary of State pursuant to regulation 2(5), the date on which the application was received in an appropriate office in the first instance.”.