The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Regulations 2014

The application

8.—(1) Any application must be made in writing to the scheme administrator in such format as the scheme administrator may approve.

(2) An application must contain or be accompanied by such information or other material as the scheme administrator may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling the scheme administrator to determine whether the applicant is eligible under section 2 or 3 of the Act for a payment under the scheme.

(3) The scheme administrator may, in particular, require an applicant to provide the information or other material which is specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

(4) Part 2 of Schedule 3 sets out the key issues that must be addressed by the information and other material required under Part 1 of that Schedule.

(5) The scheme administrator may require the applicant to provide evidence in support of the application, including in particular evidence dealing with matters specified in Part 3 of Schedule 3.

(6) Unless paragraph (7) applies, the application must also contain a statement signed by the applicant that the applicant believes the matters stated as facts in the application to be true.

(7) Where the applicant is unable to sign the statement on account of the applicant’s physical or mental condition, a person other than the applicant may sign the statement on the application stating that the person who signs it believes the matters stated as facts in the application to be true.