# Compensation (Defence) Act 1939, Section 11: Limitation of time for claiming compensation.


No claim for any compensation under this Act shall be entertained unless notice of the claim has, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, been given to the prescribed authority within the period of six months, or such longer period as the Treasury may, either generally or in relation to any particular claim or class of claims, allow, beginning in either case with the date on which the compensation accrues due or the date of the passing of this Act, whichever is the later.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/75/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-defence-act-1939/section-11
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