3 Mode of awarding compensation.E+W
(1)Claims for compensation under this Act shall be made to the [F1compensation authority] of the district in which the injury, stealing, or destruction took place, and such [F1compensation authority] shall inquire into the truth thereof, and shall, if satisfied, fix such compensation as appears to them just.
(2)A Secretary of State may from time to time make, and when made, revoke and vary regulations respecting the time, manner, and conditions within, in, and under which claims for compensation under this Act are to be made, and all claims not made in accordance with such regulations may be excluded. Such regulations may also provide for the particulars to be stated in any claim, and for the verification of any claim, and of any facts incidental thereto, by statutory declarations, production of books, vouchers, and documents, entry of premises, and otherwise, and may also provide for any matter which under this Act can be prescribed, and for the [F1compensation authority] obtaining information and assistance for determining the said claims.
(3)The said regulations shall be published in the London Gazette, and every [F1compensation authority] shall cause the same to be published in their police district, and copies thereof to be at all times sold to any applicant at a price not exceeding [F22½p] for each copy.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Police Act 1964 (c. 48), Sch. 9
F2Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)