Regulation 8

Where no claim to the property of a deceased seaman received by the employer is substantiated within one year after the receipt thereof, the employer shall deliver the property, or the proceeds thereof, to the Director who shall pay the property, or the proceeds thereof, into the Consolidated Fund.

If any subsequent claim made to such property, or the proceeds thereof, is established to the satisfaction of the Director, the amount, or so much as appears to be due to the claimant, shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund.

If any claim is not established to the satisfaction of the Director, the claimant may apply by originating application to the General Division of the High Court, and the General Division of the High Court, after taking evidence either orally or on affidavit, shall make such order on the application as seems just.

After the expiration of 6 years from the receipt of such property or proceeds by the Director, no such claim shall be entertained without the approval of the Minister.