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6(1)SNH or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers must compensate any person who has sustained damage by reason of—
(a)the exercise by a person authorised by SNH or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers of any powers conferred on the person by section 44, or
(b)the failure of a person so authorised to perform the duty imposed by paragraph 5,
unless the damage is attributable to the fault of the person who sustained it.
(2)Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under this paragraph, or as to the amount of such compensation, is to be determined by arbitration.
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