PART V
Claims in Respect of Debts, Bank Balances, Shares and Other Property
Qualifications to make Application
16. An application to the Commission for the purpose of
establishing a claim under this Part of the Order may be made by any person who was on 5th June 1987 (or, if he is a trustee, is a
trustee for a person who was on 5th June 1987) either:-
(a)
(b)
Property
a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories
citizen, a British Overseas citizen, a British subject
or a British Protected Person, or
a corporation, firm or association incorporated or
constituted under the laws in force in the United
Kingdom or in any country or territory for whose
international relations Her Majesty's Government
in the United Kingdom were on 5th June 1987 responsible.
17. - (1) To establish a claim under this Part of the Order in
respect of property (other than a debt, a balance in a bank, or a share), any person making application to the Commission shall be required to establish to the satisfaction of the Commission:-
(a) that he is a person qualified under Article 16 of this
Order to make such application;
(b) that immediately before the relevant date the property
to which the application relates was situated in China
and was British property (as provided in paragraph (2)
of this Article); and