(1) The person deciding an application for amendment of the grant of
assistance under this part may have regard to—
(a) the change or likely
change in the applicant’s circumstances for which the application is made;
and
(b) any other changes in the applicant’s circumstances that may be
relevant; and
(c) any fresh evidence that has become available since the
assistance was granted or since the grant was last amended under this part;
and
(d) any relevant payments for the act of violence in relation to which
the assistance was granted that have been received by, or that have become
payable to, the applicant since the assistance was granted or since the grant
was last amended under this part; and
(e) any other matter the person
considers relevant.
(2) The following provisions apply in relation to the
amendment application in the same way as they apply in relation to the
original application for assistance—
