1985 No. 697
FOREIGN COMPENSATION
The Foreign Compensation Commission (Czechoslovakia) (Amendment) Rules Approval Instrument 1985
Made 1st May 1985
Laid before Parliament 13th May 1985
Coming into Operation 3rd June 1985

Whereas the Foreign Compensation Commission have, in exercise of their powers under section 4(2) and (3) of the Foreign Compensation Act 1950, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals, made rules of procedure and submitted them to the Lord Chancellor for his approval:

Now, therefore, the Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4(2) and 8(3) of the said Act, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals, hereby approves the said rules in the form set out in the Schedule hereto.
This Instrument may be cited as the Foreign Compensation Commission (Czechoslovakia) (Amendment) Rules Approval Instrument 1985 and shall come into operation on 3rd June 1985.
Hailsham of St. Marylebone, C Dated 1st May 1985
SCHEDULE

The Foreign Compensation Commission, in exercise of their powers under section 4(2) and (3) of the Foreign Compensation Act 1950, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals, hereby make the following Rules:—
1 These Rules may be cited as the Foreign Compensation Commission (Czechoslovakia) (Amendment) Rules 1985.
2 The Foreign Compensation Commission (Czechoslovakia) Rules 1982 shall be amended by inserting after sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph 1 of rule 37 the following sub-paragraph:—

“(dd) in the case of an applicant other than a corporation, any person who satisfies the Commission that he is a relative or personal friend of the applicant he proposes to represent and that he has the authority of the applicant to represent him in that behalf.”

As set out in the Schedule to S.I. 1982/1110.
The seal of the Foreign Compensation Commission was hereunto affixed this 26th day of April 1985
A. W. E. Wheeler Chairman of the Commission
D. H. Wright secretary

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Under the Foreign Compensation Commission (Czechoslovakia) Rules 1982 an applicant may appear before the Commission in person or be represented by a barrister or solicitor. The purpose of these amending Rules is to provide that an applicant may also be represented by a relative or personal friend who has the authority of the applicant to represent him in that behalf.