THE NATIONAL ASSISTANCE (COMPENSATION) REGULATIONS, 1948.

I General

1.  A person desiring to make a claim for compensation under these regulations shall make his claim in a form approved by the Minister for the purpose, and shall deliver his claim to the compensating authority. The claim shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration as to the truth of the statements contained therein.

2.—(1) A claimant, if so required by the compensating authority, by notice sent through the clerk of the authority, shall attend at a meeting of the authority, or of any committee appointed by the authority for the purpose, and answer all questions asked by any member of the authority or committee touching the matters set forth in his claim, and shall further produce all books, papers and documents in his possession or under his control relating to the claim.

(2) A claimant required to attend at a meeting pursuant to the preceding sub-paragraph may further be required to make a statutory declaration as to the truth of any of the answers given by him to questions asked on the occasion of such attendance touching the matters set forth in his claim.

(3) Such a claimant as aforesaid may be accompanied by a representative who shall be entitled to address the authority or committee before whom the claimant is required to attend touching the matters set forth in his claim.