180 Settlement of claim out of General Revenue Fund
damages against the Registrar as nominal defendant under this Act
or the Dower Act,
(a) the Minister responsible fo r this Act, in the case of a claim
for $5000 or less, may direct the payment of the claim
together with a reasonable sum for costs incurred in the
making of the claim, and
(b) the Lieutenant Governor in Council, in the case of a claim
for more than $5000, may, on the recommendation of the
Minister responsible for this Act, direct the payment of the
claim together with a reasonable sum for costs incurred in
the making of the claim.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a claim referred to in
subsection (1) is for an amount not exceeding $1000, the Registrar
may direct the payment of the claim together with a reasonable sum
for costs incurred in the making of the claim.
(3) When any amount is paid out of the General Revenue Fund
pursuant to section 175, it is deemed to have been paid on account
of such person as the Minister responsible for this Act may direct,
and the amount may be recovered from that person in the manner
directed by section 182.
RSA 1980 cL-5 s170;1983 c97 s1;1985 c48 s2(45);
1994 c31 s5;1994 cG-8.5 s40;1996 c32 s5(25)