Article 27

(1)

To establish a claim under this Part of the 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 26 of this Order to make such application;

(b)

that his application relates—

(i)

to a debt which at any time before 15th September 1947 was owing to Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom or to a United Kingdom national from the Romanian Government or a Romanian national ordinarily resident or carrying on business in Romania and which is still unpaid; or

(ii)

to a balance which was held by a United Kingdom national on 15th September 1947 in a bank in Romania and which is still outstanding; and

(c)

that he or his trustee is the person to whom the debt or the outstanding bank balance is owing.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this Article and of Article 10 of this Order, the Commission may assume, if they think fit, that a debt or balance was irrecoverable on or after 15th September 1947.