Mineral Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

36Claims for compensation under section 35 and determination of disputes.N.I.

(1)Subject to subsection (2), every claim for compensation under section 35 for the loss of any dead rent or other payment shall be submitted to the Ministry before the expiration of the period of one year from the date of the commencement of section 1.

(2)Where the Ministry is satisfied that good reasons exist for the failure of any person to submit a claim for the compensation mentioned in subsection (1) before the expiration of the period so mentioned, his claim may be accepted after the expiration of that period.

(3)Any question arising as to—

(a)the entitlement of any person to compensation under section 35, or

(b)the amount payable by way of that compensation, or

(c)the existence of good reasons such as are mentioned in subsection (2), where the Ministry has not accepted a late claim, or

(d)the appropriate amount of any reduction in that compensation which falls to be made by virtue of section 35(5),

shall, in default of agreement, be referred to and determined by the Lands Tribunal.