(G. N. A. 23/55).

Service of notice of

Where either the claimant or the Attorney General gives such notice as aforesaid (hereinafter referred to as the notice of applica- tion) the notice of application shall be sent in duplicate to the Registrar by the claimant or the Attorney General as the case may be, accompanied by two copies of the notice of claim pre- viously sent by the claimant to the Attorney General in accordance with the Compensation (Defence) Notice of Claim Rules, 1955.

*. The Registrar shall upon receipt by him of the notice of application application given by the claimant or the Attorney General forth- with send to the Attorney General or to the claimant as the case may be a copy of such notice of application.

Points of Claim.

Notice of

Claim to be given to interested parties.

5. Within 14 days of the filing by the claimant of his notice of application or within a days of the claimant being served by the Registrar with a copy of the notice of application filed by the Attorney General, the claimant shall file Points of Claim. Such Points of Claim shall clearly state with reasonable particularity all relevant facts relied upon by the claimant in support of his claim as well as the amount of compensation claimed by the claimant showing so far as is practicable the amount claimed under the several provisions of the regulations. Two copies of the Points of Claim signed by or on behalf of the claimant shall be delivered to the Registrar one of which shall be filed and the other shall be delivered by the Registrar to the Attorney General.

6. Within 14 days of the filing by the claimant of his notice of application or within 21 days of the claimant being served by the Registrar with a copy of the notice of application filed by the Attorney General the claimant shall give notice in writing to (a) any person for whom the claimant may by reason of the provisions of regulation 6(3) of the regulations be deemed to hold as trustee any sum which may become payable by reason of any order of the Tribunal, or to (b) any person in whose mortgage lien or other similar obligation any sum which may become pay- able by reason of any order of the Tribunal shall be deemed to be comprised pursuant to the provisions of regulation 16 of the regulations, of his application to the Tribunal or of the application of the Attorney General as the case may be. Two copies of such notice shall be delivered to the Registrar after such notice has been given one of which shall be filed and the other shall be delivered by the Registrar to the Attorney General. Any

person upon whom notice is served or any person upon whom notice ought to have been served pursuant to this rule may after notifying the claimant and the Attorney General of his intention so to do at any time apply to the Registrar for leave to appear before the Tribunal and upon such application the Registrar may, if satisfied that such appearance is necessary for the complete and effectual determination of any dispute referred to the Tribunal, give any such person leave to appear upon such terms as he thinks fit and may make such order for directions as may be necessary.

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7. The claimant or the Attorney General, as the case may Statement be, shall file, together with the notice of application, a statement made by

of offer in writing setting out the maximum sum (if any) offered to the the Govern claimant by the Government immediately prior to the referencement to be of the dispute to the Tribunal, by way of compensation for the claimant. requisition in respect of which his claim is made. Such statement shall be filed with the Registrar in duplicate and one copy shall be forwarded by the Registrar to the Attorney General or to the claimant as the case may require.

of Points

8. If upon receipt by the Attorney General of the claimant's Particulars Points of Claim the Attorney General is of opinion that the Points of Claim. of Claim do not set out all reasonable particulars of the facts relied upon, the Attorney General may request the claimant to supply such particulars, and, if the claimant declines to supply such particulars, the Attorney General may apply to the Registrar for an order that the claimant shall supply such particulars within such time as the Registrar may think fit and that delivery of Points of Defence by the Attorney General be postponed until such order is obeyed. Upon such application the Registrar shall make such order as he thinks fit.

9.

Within 21 days of the filing of the Points of Claim by Points of the claimant, the Attorney General shall file Points of Defence. Defence. Such Points of Defence shall clearly state which facts set out in the Points of Claim are admitted and which are denied or not admitted and shall further set out with reasonable particularity such relevant facts as are relied upon by the Government by way of defence to the claimant's claim. Two copies of the Points of Defence signed by or on behalf of the Attorney General shall be delivered to the Registrar of which one shall be filed and the other shall be delivered by the Registrar to the claimant,

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