Name, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations are called the Relocation Grants (Forms of Application) (Amendment No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2001 and they shall come into force on 11th January 2002.

(2) These Regulations apply to Wales only and shall not have effect in relation to applications for grant made before the date on which these Regulations come into force.

Amendments

2.  In the (English language) form set out in the Schedule to the Relocation Grants (Form of Application) Regulations 1997(4)—

(a)after question 4.34A(5), insert—

“4.34B  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 is made from a vCJD trust payment received by that other person. Note 50E”;

(b)after note 50D, insert—

“50E  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 dependant child victim, is disregarded for 2 years from the date the payment was made to them.

• Payments made to dependant 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.”

3.  In the (Welsh language) form set out in the Schedule to the Relocation Grants (Form of Application) (Welsh Form of Application) Regulations 1999(6):

(a)after question 4.34A insert:

“4.34B  Rhowch fanylion unrhyw daliad o'r ymddiriedolaeth vCJD sydd wedi'i dalu i chi, i'ch partner neu i aelod o'ch teulu neu fanylion unrhyw daliad sydd wedi'i dalu i chi, i'ch partner neu i aelod o'ch teulu gan berson arall neu o ystad person arall ac sydd wedi'i dalu o daliad o'r ymddiriedolaeth vCJD a gafodd y person arall hwnnw. Nodyn 50E”;

(b)after note 50D insert:

“50E  Taliad o'r ymddiriedolaeth vCJD yw taliad sy'n cael ei dalu, o ymddiriedolaethau sydd wedi'u sefydlu gan yr Adran Iechyd, i'r rhai a gafodd amrywiolyn clefyd Creutzfeldt-Jakob (vCJD) a'u teuluoedd agos.

• Er mwyn penderfynu a yw rhywun yn aelod o'ch teulu, ystyr “teulu” yw:

  (a)

  pâr priod neu bâr dibriod;

  (b)

  pâr priod neu bâr dibriod ac aelod o'r un aelwyd y mae un ohonynt neu'r ddau ohonynt yn gyfrifol amdano ac sy'n blentyn neu'n berson ifanc;

  (c)

  person nad yw'n aelod o bâr priod neu bâr dibriod ac aelod o'r un aelwyd y mae'r person hwnnw yn gyfrifol amdano ac sy'n blentyn neu'n berson ifanc.

• Mae taliad sydd wedi'i dalu i ddioddefwr vCJD neu i bartner y dioddefwr neu i bartner sydd wedi'i oroesi yn cael ei anwybyddu drwy gydol oes y person hwnnw.

• Mae taliad sydd wedi'i dalu i riant dioddefwr vCJD, ni waeth beth fo oedran y dioddefwr, neu i berson sydd neu a oedd yn gweithredu yn lle rhiant i blentyn dibynnol sy'n ddioddefwr, yn cael ei anwybyddu am 2 flynedd o'r dyddiad y cafodd y taliad ei dalu iddynt.

• Mae taliadau sydd wedi'u talu i blant neu bersonau ifanc dibynnol yn cael eu hanwybyddu drwy gydol y cyfnod o ddyddiad y taliad tan y diwrnod cyn iddynt ymadael ag addysg amser-llawn neu'r diwrnod cyn eu pen-blwydd yn 19 oed neu am 2 flynedd o ddyddiad y taliad, p'un bynnag yw'r dyddiad olaf.?C?”

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the (bilingual) forms to be used for an application for a relocation grant under sections 131 to 140 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.

The Welsh language form amended is set out in the Schedule to the Relocation Grants (Form of Application) (Welsh Form of Application) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2315 as amended).

The English language form amended is set out in the Schedule to the Relocation Grants (Form of Application) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2847 as amended).

The Relocation Grants Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2764), apply the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2890) as they have effect from time to time, with the modifications prescribed. Amendments to the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996 by the Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/4007 (W.333)) have accordingly necessitated amendments to the forms, and these Regulations make the necessary amendments.

The amendments relate to special payments made to sufferers of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and their immediate families.