Claim for rate relief
3.—(1) A claim must be made to the Department for rate relief in accordance with these regulations.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a claim for rate relief must be made by means of an electronic communication in accordance with the provisions set out in the Schedule and completed in accordance with any instructions given by the relevant authority for that purpose.
(3) Where the Department is of the view that the process referred to in paragraph (1) needs to be facilitated it shall make available support arrangements for a claimant.
(4) In the case of a couple or members of a polygamous marriage a claim shall be made by whichever one of them they agree should so claim or, in default of agreement, by such one of them as the relevant authority shall determine.
(5) In paragraph (4) “polygamous marriage” means a marriage during which a party to it is married to more than one person and which took place under the laws of a country which permits polygamy.