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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 54

54.(1) Where by Part I provision is made for the payment of compensation to
any person any dispute arising as to the fact of damage or loss, or as to the
amount of compensation, shall, subject to sub-section (2), be determined by a
single arbitrator appointed by agreement between the parties, or, in default
of agreement, by the Minister of Health and Local Government; and the
provisions of the Arbitration Act (Northern Ireland), 1937, shall apply
accordingly.

(2) If the compensation claimed does not exceed

(a)fifty pounds, all questions as to the fact of damage or loss, liability to
pay compensation and the amount of compensation may on the application of
either party be determined by, and any compensation may be recovered before, a
court of summary jurisdiction;

(b)three hundred pounds, all questions referred to in paragraph (a) may on the
application of either party be determined by, and any compensation may be
recovered before, a county court.

Right to carry on business pending appeal.

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