Regulations > Regulations in terms of the Social Assistance Act, 2004 (Act No. 13 of 2004) > Chapter 2 : Application for Social Assistance > 11. Procedures to be followed in application for grants

(1)	A person requiring social assistance must apply in the prescribed manner and present himself or herself at a Social Security Agency office or designated place of the area in which he or she resides.

(2)	The Agency may determine and publish the details of the days, times and places where applications for social assistance may be made.

(3)	An application for a grant must be made on a prescribed form.

(4)	The application form must be completed by an applicant or his or her procurator.

(5)	The Agency must assist an applicant to complete an application form if he or she is unable, for whatever reason, to complete the application form or has not appointed a procurator or for whatever reason, the procurator is unable to complete the application form.

(6)	An application form must be certified by an attesting officer and be signed by an applicant in the presence of the attesting officer in the case of a—

(a)	foster child grant, by the foster parent;

(b)	care dependency grant, by the parent or foster parent; or

(c)	child support grant, by a primary caregiver.

(7)	An application form must be accompanied by all the necessary documentation referred to in regulation 10, and be verified by a second attesting officer.

(8)	The attesting officer must certify on the duly completed application form that all the requirements have been complied with.

(9)

The applicant must be furnished with a copy of the duly completed application and an acknowledgement of receipt thereof, which must be dated, stamped with the official stamp and which must reflect the name of the applicant, the name of attesting officer and the date on which the prescribed application form was submitted.

(10)	The Agency must keep a register of each application received in which the following must be indicated—

(a)	identifying particulars;

(b)	date of application;

(c)	type of grant;

(d)	status of application; and

(e)	name of the attesting officer.