2.—(1) An application for a payment by way of community care grant or budgeting loan under section 134(1)(b) of the Act must be made in writing—
(a)on a form approved by the Department and completed in accordance with the instructions on that form; or
(b)in such other manner as the Department may accept as sufficient in any particular case.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), an application for a payment by way of crisis loan under section 134(1)(b) of the Act need not be made in writing.
(3) An application for a crisis loan must be made in writing, where the Department so requires in any particular case and the provisions of paragraph (1) and regulation 3 will then apply to that application as they apply to an application for a community care grant or budgeting loan.