Clause 7

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(3A) For the purpose of subsection (3)(a), an application to the Public Trustee by a public officer or an advocate and solicitor for an agreement on costs shall be made in such manner, and together with such documents and information, as the Public Trustee may require.”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “sum” in subsection (4), the words “(excluding any amount payable in respect of costs and interest)”; and

by deleting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:“(5) For the purposes of subsection (3)(c), “relevant date” means —

in relation to a settlement agreement referred to in section 6(1) —

in the case where the quantum of the compensation payable under the settlement agreement requires the approval of the Public Trustee or the court under section 6(3)(a), the date of such approval; and

in any other case, the date of the settlement agreement; and

in relation to a judgment referred to in section 9(1), the date the judgment is given.”.