s.10Persons who may make an application
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Section 10Part 3 — FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Persons who may make an application

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A person may apply to the Director for financial assistance in the form approved by the Director and in the manner prescribed, where the person —
is a Caymanian;
is the spouse or civil partner of a Caymanian and —
as at the date of the application, the person is living with the Caymanian; and
the person has lived with the Caymanian for a period of not less than five years immediately preceding the date of the application; or
is a guardian of a dependant who is Caymanian.
Where a person under subsection (1) is serving a sentence of imprisonment, the person may, within the period of three months before the end of that person's term of imprisonment, apply to the Director for financial assistance in the form approved by the Director and in the manner prescribed.
A person under subsection (1) shall be resident in the Islands —
at the time that the person makes an application; and
for a period of at least eight months out of the twelve-month period preceding the date on which the application is made.
The Director may waive any requirement under subsection (3) where the applicant was absent from the Islands due to medical reasons or where there are exceptional circumstances which justify the waiver.
Subject to subsection (6), a recipient whose financial assistance is revoked by the Director pursuant to section 16(1)(b) shall not make another application where —
in the case of the first revocation, not less than one year has elapsed from the date of the revocation; and
in the case of the second or subsequent revocation, not less than two years have elapsed from the date of the most recent revocation.
The Director may permit a recipient referred to in subsection (5) to apply prior to the expiration of the periods referred to in that subsection where the person falls within a category of persons exempted under the regulations from certain prescribed eligibility criteria.
An applicant may withdraw an application by notice, in writing, to the Director, at any time before the Director has determined the application.

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