| (1) | A request for assistance as provided for in regulation 3 must be made in the form of the request form contained in the Annexure. |
| (2) | The request form must be completed and signed by the requester and be countersigned— |
| (a) | by another relative of the missing person or deceased victim, as the case may be, who is over the age of 21 years; or |
| (b) | by a person over the age of 21 years who knows the requester, if another relative of the missing person or deceased victim, as the case may be, is not available. |
| (3) | The request form must be available at the office of the Fund Administrator. |
| (4) | The request form must, when submitted as provided for in subregulation (6), be accompanied— |
| (a) | by a certified copy of the identity document of the requester; |
| (b) | by a certified copy of the identity document of the recipient; |
| (c) | by a certified copy of the identity document of the person countersigning the request form; |
| (d) | by a document confirming the identity of the missing person or deceased victim, if possible; |
| (e) | by a document confirming that the disappearance of the missing person was reported to the Commission, if possible; |
| (f) | by a document confirming that the person deceased is a deceased victim, if possible; |
| (g) | by a document confirming the circumstances of the disappearance of the missing person, if possible; |
| (h) | by a document confirming the death and date of death of the deceased victim, if assistance as provided for in regulation 3(2)(c), (d), (e) or (f) is requested; and |
[Subregulation (4)(h) substituted by regulation 8 of Notice No. R. 1305 of 2016]
| (i) | in the case of regulation 10(1)(c), by a certified copy of the identity document of the person, other than the requester or the recipient, in whose bank account the assistance provided for in the Regulations is to be paid. |
| (5) | The banking details in the request form must be confirmed by the bank by affixing the official stamp of the bank on the request form. |
| (6) | The request form must, after completion by the requester, be submitted to the Fund Administrator. |
