20.—(1) An application to appoint a rental waiver assessor to make any of the determinations mentioned in section 95(3) or (5) 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 — within 14 calendar days after the applicant is served a copy of the notice of rental waiver and the PTO’s supporting documents under section 93 of the Act, or (where those documents are served on the applicant on different dates) within 14 calendar days after the latest of those dates;
(ii)
where the applicant is a PTO of the property — within 14 calendar days after the applicant serves a copy of the notice of rental waiver and the PTO’s supporting documents on the applicant’s landlord under section 93 of the Act, or (where the applicant serves those documents on the applicant’s landlord on different dates) within 14 calendar days after the latest of those dates; or
(iii)
where the applicant is a tenant of the property (other than a PTO of the property) — within 14 calendar days after the applicant is served a copy of the notice of rental waiver and the PTO’s supporting documents under section 93 of the Act, or (where those documents are served on the applicant on different dates) within 14 calendar days after the latest of those dates;
(b)
in Form 1W (where the application is for a determination mentioned in section 95(3) of the Act) or Form 1AW (where the application is for a determination mentioned in section 95(5) of the Act); and
(c)
accompanied by the documents and information specified in the Registrar’s directives.
(2) In the case of an application for a determination mentioned in section 95(3)(c) of the Act in relation to a prescribed property with more than one owner, every owner who is beneficially entitled to the rental income (or part of the income) derived from the prescribed property during the period within the relevant period that the prescribed property is leased or licensed must —
(a)
make an application for such determination; and
(b)
provide a statutory declaration identifying all the owners of the property who are beneficially entitled to such rental income (or part of the income).
(3) An application to appoint a rental waiver assessor to make the determination mentioned in section 100(3) of the Act in relation to a prescribed property must be —
(a)
made to the Registrar before 6 December 2021;
(b)
in Form 1W; and
(c)
accompanied by the documents and information specified in the Registrar’s directives.
(4) If the Registrar is satisfied that the application mentioned in paragraph (1) or (3) is in order, the Registrar must send to the applicant an acknowledgement of receipt of the application (called in this regulation and regulations 21 and 23 the Registrar’s acknowledgement).
(5) The applicant for an application mentioned in paragraph (1) must, within 5 calendar days after receipt of the Registrar’s acknowledgement for the application, serve a copy of the application and the Registrar’s acknowledgement (called in this paragraph the documents) on every person mentioned in section 95(7) of the Act —
(a)
by sending the documents to that person at that person’s last email address;
(b)
if the applicant is for any reason unable to send the documents in the manner described in sub‑paragraph (a) — by sending the documents by prepaid registered post to that person’s last postal address; or
(c)
if —
(i)
the applicant is for any reason unable to send the documents in the manner described in sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b) to that person;
(ii)
that person has an account for the use of an internet‑based messaging service; and
(iii)
that service provides a mechanism for that person to receive electronic communications in that account,
by sending an electronic communication of the documents to that person using that mechanism.
(6) In paragraph (5) —
(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
(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.
(7) The applicant must, within one working day after service of the documents mentioned in paragraph (5) on the persons mentioned in section 95(7) of the Act, submit to the Registrar a declaration in Form 7W.
(8) Paragraphs (5), (6) and (7) apply in respect of an application mentioned in paragraph (3) as they apply in respect of an application mentioned in paragraph (1), as if the reference to a person mentioned in section 95(7) of the Act were a reference to a person mentioned in section 100(4) of the Act.