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PART 5Compensation

Notice of claim

20.—(1) A person entitled to compensation under this Part (a “claimant”) may send a written notice (a “notice of claim”) to the relevant authority claiming that compensation.

(2) A notice of claim must be sent within—

(a)a period of 30 days beginning with the date on which damage occurred, or

(b)such longer period as agreed by the relevant authority in writing.

(3) A notice of claim must include or be accompanied by all of the following information and evidence—

(a)the claimant’s full name,

(b)the date on which the damage occurred,

(c)the address or location at which the damage occurred,

(d)the amount of compensation claimed (in accordance with regulation 19(3)) and the basis upon which the compensation was calculated,

(e)a description of—

(i)the property damaged,

(ii)the nature of the damage, and

(iii)the nature of any further loss which flowed from the damage for which compensation is claimed,

(f)photographs, receipts, quotations or other evidence as to the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e).