Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Renewal Grants (Prescribed Form and Particulars) (Amendment No. 2) (England) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 27th July 2001.

(2) These Regulations extend to England only.

Amendments

2. —(1) In the Form set out in the Schedule to the Housing Renewal Grants (Prescribed Form and Particulars) Regulations 1996( 3 )—

(2) after question 3.34A( 4 ) insert—

“ 3.34B Please give details of any vCJD trust payment made to you, your partner or a member of your family or any payment made to you, your partner or a member of your family by another person or from another person’s estate which was made from a vCJD trust payment received by that other person. Note 90E ” ;

(3) after note 90D, insert—

“ 90E. A vCJD trust payment is a payment made, from trusts set up by the Department of Health, to those who contracted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) and their immediate families.

• For the purpose of deciding whether someone is a member of your family, “family” means:

  (a)

  a married or unmarried couple;

  (b)

  a married or unmarried couple and a member of the same household for whom one of them is or both are responsible and who is a child or a young person;

  (c)

  a person who is not a member of a married or unmarried couple and a member of the same household for whom that person is responsible and who is a child or young person.

• A payment made to the victim of vCJD or the victim’s partner or surviving partner is disregarded for that person’s lifetime.

• A payment made to the parent of a vCJD victim, regardless of the age of the victim, or to a person who is or was acting in the place of a parent of a dependent child victim, is disregarded for 2 years from the date the payment was made to them.

• Payments made to dependent children or young persons are disregarded for the period from the date of payment until the day before they leave full time education or the day before their 19th birthday or for 2 years from the date of payment, whichever is the latest date. ”

Application

3. The amendments made by these Regulations shall not have effect in relation to applications for grant made before the date on which these Regulations come into force.