10.—(1) The authority may consider an application for a noise payment if it is made during the period of six years which begins on the day after the end of the qualifying period.
(2) An application for a noise payment must be in writing and must contain the following information —
(a)the full name and address of the applicant and of any person authorised to act on the applicant’s behalf;
(b)the address of the eligible home in respect of which application is made;
(c)particulars of the size and nature of construction of the eligible home;
(d)whether at the date of the application the applicant is in occupation of the eligible home as a sole or main residence and if so the date when such occupation began;
(e)the nature of the applicant’s interest in the eligible home and the date on which and the manner in which that interest was acquired;
(f)whether, during the period when the eligible home has been occupied by the applicant, it has been located in any position other than that in which it is located on the date on which the application is made and if so particulars of such position or positions and the dates between which it was so located;
(g)whether the applicant has on the date of the application any interest in the land on which the eligible home is stationed or, in the case of a houseboat to which it is moored or otherwise secured or has had such interest at any time during the applicant’s occupation of the eligible home as a sole or main residence and if so particulars of such interest and the date when it was acquired and, if appropriate, disposed if;
(h)particulars of the relevant works;
(i)the relevant date;
(j)whether the application is for a noise payment under regulation 3(1) or under regulation 3(3):
(3) An application under this regulation must be signed by the applicant and must incorporate a declaration by the applicant that the information which it contains is correct to the best of the applicant’s knowledge and belief.
(4) An application under this regulation shall not be regarded as having been made unless it contains all the information prescribed by this regulation and incorporates the declaration required by paragraph (3) of this regulation and it shall not be regarded as having been made until it is actually received by the authority to whom it is intended to be made.