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Determination of claims for compensation.
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15.—(1) When a committee of assessors has assessed under this Act the value of any animals such committee shall investigate either in Great Britain or in Saorstát Eireann as may be most convenient all claims for compensation under this Act in respect of such animals and shall in respect of every such claim determine whether the claimant is or is not entitled to such compensation and where such committee determines that any such claimant is entitled to such compensation such committee shall fix the amount of such compensation having regard to the value as assessed by them of the animals to which the claim relates and such other matters as may be brought before them by the claimant.
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(2) Every committee of assessors shall forthwith report to the Trustees their decision on every claim for compensation under this Act investigated by them and the amount (if any) of the compensation fixed by them as payable under this Act in respect of such claim.
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(3) A committee of assessors may with the consent of the owner of any animal the value of which has been assessed by them under this section sell the carcase of such animal and the said committee shall pay the proceeds of such sale into the compensation fund.
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(4) If the owner of any such animal as aforesaid refuses his consent to the sale by a committee of assessors of the carcase of such animal under this section such owner shall not be entitled to compensation under this Act in respect of the slaughter of such animal.
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(5) Where a committee of assessors reports under this section to the Trustees that a claimant for compensation under this Act is entitled to such compensation the Trustees shall pay out of the compensation fund to such claimant the amount of such compensation as fixed by the said committee.
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(6) The determination under this Act by a committee of assessors of a claim for compensation under this Act shall be final and conclusive both as to the right to such compensation and the amount (if any) thereof.
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