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8.—(1) Before making a compensation payment the compensator must apply to the Secretary of State for a certificate.
(2) Where the compensator applies for a certificate, the Secretary of State must—
(a)send to the compensator a written acknowledgment of receipt of the application; and
(b)issue the certificate before the end of the period of 4 weeks.
(3) An application for a certificate is to be treated for the purposes of the Act as received by the Secretary of State on the day on which it is received by the Compensation Recovery Unit, or if the application is received after normal business hours, or on a day which is not a normal business day at that office, on the next such day.
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