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Applications to the Minister for compensation under this Act.
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5.—The following provisions shall apply and have effect in respect of applications to the Minister for compensation under this Act, that is to say:—
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(a) where the application is in respect of a death occurring or injuries inflicted after the date of the passing of this Act, the application shall be made within three months after the day on which such death occurred or such injuries were inflicted (as the case may be) or within such longer time after that day as the Minister shall (whether before or after the expiration of the said three months) allow in any particular case;
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(b) where the application is in respect of a death which occurred or injuries which were inflicted before or on the date of the passing of this Act, the application shall be made within three months after the date of the passing of this Act or within such longer time after that date as the Minister shall (whether before or after the expiration of the said three months) allow in any particular case;
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(c) the application shall be made in the prescribed form and manner and shall state all such matters as are required by the said prescribed form to be stated therein;
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(d) where the applicant is an infant, the application shall be made on his behalf by his parent, guardian, or next friend, and such parent, guardian, or next friend (as the case may be) shall be deemed for the purposes of the subsequent paragraphs of this section to be the applicant;
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(e) the Minister may, if he so thinks proper, require the applicant to furnish such further information in relation to the application as the Minister shall specify;
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(f) the Minister may, if he so thinks proper, require the applicant to verify the application by the statutory declaration of the applicant or other person having personal knowledge of the relevant facts.
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