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COMPENSATION (DEFENCE) REGULATIONS, 1940.

Shipping Claims Tribunal Rules, 1956.

In exercise of the powers conferred by regulation 11(1) (4) of the Compensation (Defence) Regulations, 1940, the Shipping Claims Tribunal has, with the concurrence of the Governor, made the following rules-

1. These rules may be cited as the Shipping Claims Citation, Tribunal Rules, 1956.

2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-

Inter- pretation.

"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Supreine Court;

"Registry" means the Registry of the Supreme Court;

"regulations" means the Compensation (Defence) Regulations,

1940;

"'Tribunal" means the Shipping Claims Tribunal,

to the

3. Where a dispute has arisen whether compensation is Notice of payable under the regulations in respect of the requisition of application vessels or as to the amount of compensation so payable, and such Tribunal. dispute has not been settled by agreement, and either the person claiming compensation hereinafter referred to as the claimant or the Government is desirous of referring such dispute to the Tribunal for determination, the following procedure shall be adopted.

(a) Where the claimant is desirous of referring such dispute to the Tribunal he shall give notice to the Registrar of his intention so to do on Form A contained in the Schedule to these rules.

(b) Where the Government is desirous of referring such dis- pute to the Tribunal, the Attorney General shall give notice to the Registrar of his intention so to do on Form B contained in the Schedule to these rules.