{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-peoples-republic-of-china-order-1987/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-peoples-republic-of-china-order-1987/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2201",
  "legislation_title": "The Foreign Compensation (People’s Republic of China) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-peoples-republic-of-china-order-1987",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Debts and Bank Balances",
  "text": "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:—\n(a) that he is a person qualified under Article 16 of this Order to make such application;\n(b) that his application relates, either\n(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\n(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\n(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\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2201/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:30.356874+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}