Apply to act as an appointee for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support

We are allowed to appoint someone to take on the rights and duties of a claimant when the claimant is unable to deal with their own affairs. We can only do this if the claimant does not already have:

a deputy appointed by the Court of Protection with power to claim or receive benefit
an attorney with a general power or power to claim or receive benefit as appointed under either the Powers of Attorney Act 1971, the Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985 or the Mental Capacity Act 2005 or otherwise.

If you would like to apply to become an appointee please complete this form. We will let you know our decision in writing. Please note that for Council Tax Support, where ‘claimant’ is used this means ‘applicant’ and where ‘claim’ is used this means ‘apply’.

This form will ask you to provide

Your details.
Contact details for the person you are acting on behalf of, including the Council Tax account reference (you can find this on the bill).
The address of the property.
Details of why the claimant needs an appointee.
A copy of the signed authority to act on the claimant's behalf, if available.

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To provide this service Thanet District Council will collect and process personal information. We may check some of the information with other sources (e.g. government departments and other councils) to verify your identity and ensure that the information you have provided is accurate.

Your personal information is being processed because it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

Please refer to our Corporate Privacy Notice for further details on how we process your personal information and your rights. This is also available in other formats (e.g. print).

Declaration

Please check the box below to confirm that you have read, understand and agree to the following statements before completing this form:

I confirm that I am filling in this form on behalf of the claimant.
I confirm the details I will give are correct and true.
I confirm that I will notify you of any relevant changes straight away.
I understand that if I give information that is false this could lead to a penalty or legal proceedings being taken against me.
I understand my data may be shared with other departments as permitted by law.

I agree to:

Tell the council if a deputy or power of attorney is appointed.
Tell the council when the claimant becomes able to deal with their own affairs.
Give the council four weeks in writing when I wish to stop being the claimant's appointee.
Tell the council about any changes that may affect the claimant's entitlement to Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support (examples of these changes are given on our Change of Circumstances form).
Repay any overpayment of Housing Benefit that the claimant is responsible for.

About you (the person or organisation willing to be the appointee)

Title (for example Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss)(Required)

First name(Required)

Last name(Required)

Contact phone number(Required)

If we need to check any of the details given, we may need to contact you

Email address(Required)

Enter Email Confirm Email

What is your relationship to the claimant?(Required)

If you are applying on behalf of an organisation please tell us the organisation name and your job title

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Postcode(Required)

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address(Required)

Address of the the person or organisation willing to be the appointee

House name or number(Required)

Street name(Required)

Town(Required)

Postcode(Required)

About the person you are acting on behalf of (the claimant)

Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support reference number(Required)

Claimant's title (for example Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss)(Required)

Claimant's first name(Required)

Claimant's last name(Required)

Claimant's contact phone number(Required)

Claimant's email address

Enter Email Confirm Email

Claimant's address

House name or number(Required)

Street name(Required)

Town(Required)

Postcode(Required)

About the person you are acting on behalf of (continued)

Why does the claimant need an appointee?(Required)

Do you have signed authority to act on the claimant's behalf?(Required)

Yes

No

Upload signed authority proof(Required)

If you have signed authority to act on the claimant's behalf please upload a copy. We will contact the claimant to check this.

Max. file size: 32 MB.

Is the claimant unable to sign?(Required)

Yes

No

Other information

Please use this box to tell us any other information(Required)

If you have no further information to give, leave this box blank

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