SCHEDULES

FOURTH SCHEDULE Supplementary Provisions as to Payment for Requisitioned Vehicles

4

1

Subject to the provisions of the last foregoing paragraph and to the following provisions of this paragraph, a county court shall have jurisdiction to determine any dispute—

a

as to the amount of any payment due under subsection (1) or (2) of section one hundred and sixty-eight of this Act, or whether any payment is due under any provision of the said subsection (1), or

b

as to the amount of any payment due under paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of that section,

irrespective of the amount in dispute.

2

An application to the county court for the determination of any such dispute as is mentioned in head (a) of the last foregoing sub-paragraph shall not be made before the expiration of three weeks from the making of the claim under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) of the last foregoing paragraph unless a notification has been given to the applicant under sub-paragraph (3) of the last foregoing paragraph; and where such a notification contains a further offer by F2the Defence Council, the person to whom it is given shall be deemed to have accepted the offer unless he makes such an application within three weeks from receipt of the notification.