Application for determination
23.—(1)  An application to appoint a rental relief assessor to make any of the determinations mentioned in section 19M(3) or (4) of the Act in relation to a prescribed property must be —
(a)made to the Registrar —
(i)where the applicant is a landlord of the property and receives the notice of cash grant or (where the applicant is not the owner of the property) a copy of the notice of cash grant under section 19F(3), (4) or (6) of the Act on or before 30 September 2020 — not later than 14 October 2020;
(ii)where the applicant is a landlord of the property and receives the notice of cash grant or (where the applicant is not the owner of the property) a copy of the notice of cash grant under section 19F(3), (4) or (6) of the Act after 30 September 2020 — within 10 working days after the applicant receives the notice of cash grant or the copy of the notice of cash grant, as the case may be;
(iii)where the applicant is a tenant of the property and receives a copy of the notice of cash grant under section 19F(3), (4) or (6) of the Act on or before 30 September 2020 — not later than 14 October 2020; or
(iv)where the applicant is a tenant of the property and receives a copy of the notice of cash grant under section 19F(3), (4) or (6) of the Act after 30 September 2020 — within 10 working days after the applicant receives the copy of the notice of cash grant;
(b)in Form 1 (where the application is for a determination mentioned in section 19M(3) of the Act) or Form 1A (where the application is for a determination mentioned in section 19M(4) of the Act); and
(c)accompanied by the documents and information specified in the Registrar’s directives.
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(2)  If the Registrar is satisfied that the application is in order, the Registrar must send to the applicant an acknowledgement of receipt of the application (called in this regulation and regulations 24 and 26 the Registrar’s acknowledgement).
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(3)  For the purposes of section 19M(6) of the Act —
(a)the applicant must, no later than 5 working days after receipt of the Registrar’s acknowledgement, serve a copy of the application, together with the Registrar’s acknowledgement, on every person mentioned in section 19M(6) of the Act; and
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(b)service of the documents mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) to each of the persons mentioned in section 19M(6) of the Act must be effected —
(i)by sending the documents to the person at that person’s last email address;
(ii)if the applicant is for any reason unable to send the documents in the manner described in sub‑paragraph (i) to that person, and either —
(A)that person has an account for the use of an internet‑based messaging service, and that service provides a mechanism for that person to receive electronic communications in that account; or
(B)that person is the owner or operator of an Internet website, a blog or a page on any social media or social networking Internet website, and that Internet website, blog or page on that social media or social networking Internet website provides a mechanism for that person to receive electronic communications on that Internet website, blog or page on that social media or social networking Internet website,
by sending an electronic communication of the documents to that person using that mechanism; or
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(iii)if the applicant is for any reason unable to send the documents in the manner described in sub‑paragraphs (i) and (ii) — by sending the documents by prepaid registered post to that person’s last postal address.
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(4)  In paragraph (3) —
(a)the last email address of a person is an email address by which the applicant corresponds with that person or (if there is no such email address) an email address which that person represents to the applicant or to the public as the email address to which communications to that person may be sent; and
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(b)the last postal address of a person is —
(i)the person’s designated postal address; or
(ii)if the person has no designated postal address — the person’s ordinary address.
(5)  The applicant must, within one working day after service of the copy of the application and the Registrar’s acknowledgement on the persons mentioned in section 19M(6) of the Act, submit to the Registrar a declaration in Form 7.
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