Application of proceeds of sale
24.—(1) The proceeds of the sale of any property sold by the Department under regulation 22 shall be applied towards meeting expenses incurred by the Department in exercising its function by virtue of Article 43 of the 1997 Order and, in so far as it is not so applied, in meeting any claim to the proceeds of sale made and established in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) A claim to the proceeds of sale of any property shall be established if the claimant provides the Department with satisfactory evidence that he would have been entitled to the return of the property under regulation 21 if the property had not been sold.