Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, 1995 (Act No. 34 of 1995)RegulationsRegulations relating to Assistance to Victims in respect of Higher Education and Training, 202214. Application for assistance |
| (1) | The following persons may apply for assistance: |
| (a) | A victim; |
| (b) | a relative or dependant of a victim; or |
| (c) | a person who exercises parental responsibility over a victim or a relative or dependant of a victim on behalf of a victim or a relative or dependant of a victim. |
(2)
| (a) | An application for assistance must correspond substantially with Form 1 of Annexure A. |
| (b) | The application form must be available on the websites of the Department and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and at the offices of the dedicated official, the fund administrator and the administrator. |
(3)
| (a) | An application for assistance must be made annually and be submitted to the dedicated official on or before the cut-off dates provided for in paragraph (b). |
| (b) | The cut-off date for the submission of the applications for assistance for 2022 is four months after the commencement of these Regulations. |
| (c) | An application for assistance submitted after the cut-off date as provided for in paragraph (b) may be considered if the applications submitted on or before the cut-off date have been disposed of and if funds for the particular year are still available. |
(4)
| (a) | A person who applies for assistance must disclose any financial aid, assistance or concession received or to be received by the victim or the relative or dependant of the victim for the particular year for which assistance is applied from organs of state, including the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, or an institution contemplated in the Skills Development Act, or from his or her employer. |
| (b) | Any amount so received, must be calculated and deducted from the amount for which the beneficiary qualifies in terms of these Regulations. |
| (c) | A beneficiary who received any financial aid, assistance or concession from an organ of state, including the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, or an institution contemplated in the Skills Development Act, or from his or her employer, subsequent to the approval of his or her application for assistance must in writing disclose that fact to the administrator. |
| (d) | Any amount received as referred to in paragraph (c), must be calculated and deducted from the amount which must still be paid to the beneficiary or for which the beneficiary may qualify in terms of these Regulations in respect of the next year. |
| (5) | The application form must be signed by the person who completes it and, if the form is not completed by a victim or a relative or dependant of the victim, it must also be countersigned by the victim or a relative or dependant of the victim if he or she is able to do so. |
(6)
| (a) | The documents required in the application form must be attached to the application form. |
| (b) | The administrator may refuse to consider an application if the documents required in the application form are not attached, but only after the administrator has taken reasonable steps in assisting the applicant to obtain these documents. |
| (7) | The banking details of the persons and institutions to which the fees, the transport allowance, boarding allowance, allowance in respect of the purchasing of the text books and the allowance provided for in regulation 8(1)(c) must be paid, as required in the application form, must be confirmed by the bank by affixing the official stamp of the bank. |
| (8) | The application form must, after completion, be submitted to the dedicated official electronically or by facsimile or registered post. |