6.—(1) The compensating authority shall, subject to the provisions of these Regulations—
(a)consider and determine the entitlement to resettlement compensation of every person to whom this Part of these Regulations applies who claims such compensation and in relation to whom the conditions set out in the next succeeding Regulation are satisfied, and
(b)pay the amount of any compensation so determined.
(2) This Part of these Regulations applies to a person who at the date of the loss of employment had not attained normal retiring age and who had been for a period of not less than three years immediately preceding the material date continuously engaged (exclusive of breaks not exceeding in the aggregate six months) for the whole or part of his time in relevant employment; and for this purpose the expression “relevant employment”