44.— (1) The Executive may specify the form of any document required by this Act to be in the specified form and the form of such other documents required for the purposes of this Act as the Executive thinks appropriate.

(2) A form specified under this section shall be—

(a) completed in accordance with such directions and instructions as are specified in the form,

(b) accompanied by such documents (including instruments, certificates, duplicates of the form and statutory declarations) as are specified in the form, and

(c) if the completed form is required to be provided to the Executive or any other person, so provided in the manner, if any, specified in the form.

(3) The Executive’s power under subsection (1)—

(a) may be exercised in such a way as to require the person completing the form to make a statutory declaration as to whether the particulars contained in the form are true and correct to the best of that person’s knowledge and belief,

(b) may be exercised in such a way as to specify two or more forms of any document referred to in that subsection whether as alternatives, or to provide for particular circumstances or particular cases, as the Executive thinks appropriate.

(4) The form specified under this section of an application for State support in respect of a person may require the application to be accompanied by—

(a) valuations of assets the person has or had any interests in and valuations of those interests,

(b) if the person is a member of a couple, valuations of assets the other member of the couple has or had any interests in and valuations of those interests, and

(c) such other information as the Minister may prescribe.