I move amendment No. 1:—
To delete sub-section (1) and to substitute therefor the following four sub-sections:—
(1) Where a committee of assessors who investigated a claim for compensation under Section 18 of the Principal Act has disallowed, at any time before the appointed day, the claim in whole or in part, then if, but only if, the claimant, within 14 days after the appointed day, requests the board in writing to refer his claim to the standing referee and deposits with the board the appropriate appeal fee, the board shall refer the claim to the standing referee.
(2) Whenever a committee of assessors investigating a claim for compensation under Section 18 of the Principal Act or Section 14 (which relates to compensation in respect of lost or damaged live stock exported via Northern Ireland) of this Act disallows, on or after the appointed day, the claim in whole or in part, the following provisions shall have effect:—
(a) the board shall serve on the claimant notice in writing of the determination of the said committee of assessors,
(b) if, but only if, the claimant, within fourteen days after such service, requests the board in writing to refer his claim to the standing referee and deposits with the board the appropriate appeal fee, the board shall refer the claim to the standing referee.
(3) Where the board refer under this section a claim for compensation to the standing referee, the following provisions shall have effect—
(a) the standing referee shall rehear the claim and his determination (both as to the right to the compensation and the amount (if any) thereof) on such rehearing shall be final and conclusive;
(b) if, on such rehearing, the standing referee reverses the decision of the committee of assessors who investigated the claim, the board shall refund to the claimant the appropriate appeal fee, but otherwise shall retain it and pay it into the Exported Live Stock (Insurance) Fund.
(4) In this section the expression "the appropriate appeal fee," in relation to the reference, under this section, to a claim for compensation to the standing referee, means a sum equal to ten pounds or five per cent. of the appointed minimum value of each animal to which the claim relates, whichever is the greater.