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Blind Person's Allowance is an extra amount you can earn before paying tax - what you'll get, eligibility, how to apply and how to transfer your allowance
Blind Person’s Allowance is an extra amount of tax-free allowance. It…
Blind Person’s Allowance is added to your yearly Personal Allowance - the…
England and Wales You can claim Blind Person’s Allowance if both of the…
Contact HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to claim. HMRC Telephone: 0300 200…
You can transfer your Blind Person’s Allowance to your spouse or civil…
We are an independent expert committee established by the Transport Act 1985, providing advice to the government on the transport needs of disabled people. DPTAC works with the Department for Transport .
Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.
You can apply to be a guardian and manage the finances or property of…
You can apply if you’re the missing person’s: husband, wife or civil…
You can make a claim yourself or use a legal representative. Fill in the…
You must pay either: a £528 application fee if you apply to the Chancery…
The court will send copies of your form back to you, with ‘acknowledgement…
The guardianship order will tell you when you can start to make decisions…
The Office of the Public Guardian will supervise you while you act as a…
You must keep financial records and accounts. Follow the rules for gifts…
You must write a report for the Office of the Public Guardian each year…
You must apply to the High Court if you need to change your guardianship,…
Your guardianship ends automatically if one of the following things…
Understand the roles of accountable persons and the principal accountable person for a high-rise residential building, and what they must do.
Contact your local council to find out who issues disabled bus passes in your area as part of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...
The certificate of appointment form for an authorised person to be completed by the trustee or governing body of a registered building.
Apply to stay in the UK as a stateless person – who can apply, how to include family, documents you need, how to apply and extend
Join a competent person scheme to self-certify certain types of building work instead of getting building regulations approval from a council or private inspector - how to join, current schemes
Some older people can get free travel on local buses - contact your council to check your eligibility and apply for a bus pass
Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.
What to do if a British national goes missing abroad, reporting it to the police and how the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and others can help.
Advice for prescribed persons on how to deal with whistleblowing disclosures.
Form Bank 7: Notice of persons intending to appear.
Forms for assessing your fitness or suitability to be a children's social care provider. There are separate forms for children's homes.
How to identify and record the people who own or control your company.
Explains the roles and responsibilities of authorised persons at marriage ceremonies.
The notice of rights and entitlements sets out a person's rights while in police detention and is issued in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act Code of Practice C, paragraph 3.2.
The authorised persons newsletters from GRO contain news, guidance and useful information for people authorised to register marriages.
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