Section 28

As soon as may be practicable after the requisition or acquisition of any property or service, there must be given or sent to the person by whom it was requisitioned or acquired, by such person and in such form and manner as may be specified by instructions of the competent authority, a receipt for the property or service specifying what compensation, at what rate or of what amount, is offered in respect of the requisition or acquisition thereof.

As soon as may be practicable after the end of the period of requisition of any property, there must be given or sent to the person by whom the property was requisitioned, by such person and in such form and manner as aforesaid, a notice stating whether any, and if so what, damage to the property has occurred during the period of requisition (other than damage which has been made good by the competent authority) or that the total loss of the property has occurred, and specifying what compensation is offered in respect of the damage or loss under this Act.

A person to whom a receipt or notice under this section has been given or sent (called in this Act the claimant) is deemed to have accepted the offer contained therein unless, within 4 weeks from the time at which the claimant received the receipt or notice, the claimant gives notice to the competent authority that the claimant claims some specified greater amount or rate.

Where a notice under subsection (2) has been given or sent stating that no damage has occurred to any property during the period of requisition, the claimant is deemed to have agreed that no damage has so occurred unless, within 4 weeks from the time at which the claimant received the notice, the claimant gives notice to the competent authority claiming that damage has so occurred and stating what compensation the claimant claims under this Act in respect of the damage.

On the receipt of a claim under subsection (3) or (4), the competent authority may notify the claimant that the competent authority does not propose to make any further offer or that the authority makes a specified further offer.

The instructions of the competent authority referred to in this section must secure that any receipt or notice under this section, or any notification under section 29(2), contains a statement of the effect of subsections (3) and (4) or (as the case may be) of section 29(2).

Before making any compensation under this Act, the competent authority may require reasonable particulars of the damage to any property requisitioned and of the circumstances in which it occurred and may require a reasonable opportunity to be afforded to a person authorised by the competent authority to inspect the property.

Nothing in this Part operates so as to require the making of any payment of compensation before the end of the period of requisition of any property or services.