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CLAUSE 11: Application for Grants

11.1   Grant applications shall be made on the official application form* which is available from the Local Authority.  This form, which covers applications for both the ordinary and special rates of maintenance grant, duly completed must be received by the Local Authority not later than 31st  August 2009.  The Local Authority may, however, accept an application which is not received on time and may, at its own absolute discretion, treat such application as if it had been received on time.
*The 2009/10 Application Form and Notes form part of this Scheme.

11.2   A candidate whose application is deemed to be late may have his/her application processed and be awarded a grant from the commencement of the following year of his/her course.

11.3   It shall be a condition for the award of a grant under this Scheme that, in connection with the processing of the application, the parents/guardians of a candidate or, in the case of an independent mature candidate, the candidate herself/himself and her/his spouse, if applicable, authorises: -

1. the Local Authority and the Department of Education and Science, to seek the assistance of and supply any relevant information and documents to, the Revenue Commissioners;
2. the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social and Family Affairs to supply any relevant information or documents from their records to the Local Authority and the Department of Education and Science and to make any enquiries and seek any documents they consider necessary to enable them to assist the Local Authority and the Department of Education and Science;
3. the Local Authority, to transfer the application form to the relevant VEC or another Local Authority should that become necessary;
4. the Local Authority/Department of Education and Science to transfer information from the grant application to a central database which may be accessed by the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social and Family Affairs.