# Compensation (Defence) Act 1939, Section 8: Constitution of tribunals.


(1) For the purpose of determining disputes as to the payment of compensation under this Act in respect of the requisition or acquisition of vessels or the taking of space or accommodation therein, there shall be a Shipping Claims Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as “the Shipping Tribunal”), consisting of a president and two other members appointed by the Lord Chancellor.
(2) The president and one of the other members of the Shipping Tribunal shall be respectively members of the legal profession who appear to the Lord Chancellor to have a special knowledge of commercial and admiralty law; and the third member of the tribunal shall be a person appearing to the Lord Chancellor to have special qualifications as an average adjuster or accountant.
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(5) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament—
(a) to any member of a tribunal constituted under this Act such remuneration (if any) and such allowances (if any) as the Lord Chancellor, with the approval of the Treasury, may determine in his case, and
(b) the amounts necessary to defray such expenses of the tribunals constituted under this Act as the Lord Chancellor and the Treasury may approve.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/75/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-defence-act-1939/section-8
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