This is the only section on which any question may arise. I think the Minister explained the Bill, but he did not say that he has discretion in this section to pay the applicant for compensation, either partly in securities or partly in cash. He proposes in cases where furniture is destroyed to pay the same proportion as is paid in the Damage to Property Act. If a sum of, say, £3,000 is awarded, the first £500 will be in cash, and in the second case I think up to £2,000, the amount would be half security and half cash. In the case of loot it is intended to pay only in securities.
DAIL IN COMMITTEE. - DAMAGE TO PROPERTY (COMPENSATION) AMENDMENT BILL.—THIRD STAGE.
Question: "That Section 1 stand part of the Bill"—put and agreed to.
SECTION 2.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 13 of the Principal Act, the Minister for Finance may issue securities created by an order made under that section to applicants in cases within Section 15 of the Principal Act in discharge of a sum not exceeding the sum mentioned in pursuance of paragraph (b) of sub-section (3) of the said Section 15 in the report made by the judge under that sub-section.
In many of the orders made the term "cash" appears; would this clause override that?
It would. It is intended to pay cash in all cases where there is a reinstatement clause. In other words a person in respect of whom a report is made as against an award will not suffer any disadvantage as compared with the person who gets an award. If £5,000 were awarded to a building the whole would be paid in cash on the certificate of the architect.
Question, "That Section 2 stand part of the Bill"—put and agreed to.
Question: "That Section 3 and the Title stand part of the Bill"—put and agreed to.