{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-union-of-soviet-socialist-republics-distribution-order-1987/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-union-of-soviet-socialist-republics-distribution-order-1987/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/663",
  "legislation_title": "The Foreign Compensation (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (Distribution) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-union-of-soviet-socialist-republics-distribution-order-1987",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article, the Commission shall, as a condition of the making of any payment to any person under this Order, require him to surrender to the Commission all available documents of title, if any, relating exclusively to the claim to which the payment relates and shall require him to sign and deliver to the Commission a document in such form as the Commission may determine declaring that he renounces all those claims to which the payment relates.\n(2) If the person for whose benefit a payment is to be made is a minor, the Commission shall, as a condition of the making of any payment into Court or placing the same on deposit under paragraph (3) of Article 4 of this Order, require the person who, in accordance with the Rules of the Commission, has made an application for payment on the minor’s behalf to surrender to the Commission the documents of title, if any, under his control relating exclusively to the claim and to sign and deliver to the Commission a document in such form as the Commission may determine declaring that the minor renounces all claims to which the payment relates; and the document so signed shall operate as a valid surrender by the minor of all such claims.\n(3) All documents which are delivered to the Commission under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article shall remain in their custody until the Fund is wound up and the Commission shall then deliver them to the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/663/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:28:16.127828+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."
}