26.—(1) The following persons shall be qualified to make application to the Commission for the purpose of establishing claims under this Part of the Order—
(a)Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom;
(b)any person who was a United Kingdom national on 12th January 1976;
(c)any person who has on or after 12th January 1976 succeeded to the claim of any person qualified under subparagraph (b) of this paragraph;
(d)a trustee for any person qualified under subparagraph (b) or (c) of this paragraph.
(2) An application under this Part of the Order may be made by a trustee qualified under paragraph (1) of this Article or by a beneficiary so qualified. An application by a trustee shall, however, be entertained by the Commission only in so far as the beneficial interest in the claim to which the application relates was, at the material times, owned by a United Kingdom national.
(3) If application under this Part of the Order is made by a trustee and by a beneficiary in relation to the same claim, and both the trustee and the beneficiary are qualified under paragraph (1) of this Article, the Commission may entertain the application made by the trustee in preference to that made by the beneficiary, or entertain the application made by the beneficiary in preference to that made by the trustee. The Commission shall dismiss the application by the trustee or by the beneficiary, as the case may be, which it has decided not to entertain.