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Article 18 Debts and Bank Balances

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

To establish a claim under this Part of this Order in respect of a debt or a balance in a bank, any person making application to the Commission shall be required to establish to the satisfaction of the Commission:—

(a)

that he is a person qualified under Article 16 of this Order to make such application;

(b)

that his application relates, either

(i)

to a debt which at the relevant date was owing to a British national from a public authority or other person (other than a British national) resident or carrying on business in the territory and which is still unpaid; or

(ii)

to a balance which was held by a British national on the relevant date in a bank in the territory and which is still outstanding; and

(iii)

to a balance in a bank in the territory which, as a result of any provision of the Agreement, he (or if he is a trustee, the person for whom he is a trustee) has become unable to recover and which is still outstanding; and

(c)

that he (or, if he is a trustee, the person for whom he is a trustee) is the person to whom the debt or the outstanding bank balance is owing.