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Claims for the MRCAETS must be made in accordance with section 319 of the MRCA. As assistance under the MRCAETS is included in the definition of compensation under section 5 of the Act, claims may be made either in writing or orally.
Section 320 of the MRCA outlines who may make a claim. A claim may be made by the person entitled to the compensation, or on that person’s behalf by:
- the person’s legal representative, with the person’s approval,
- another person approved by the Commission, where the person is unable, due to physical or mental incapacity, to approve another person to act on their behalf, or
- where the person is under 18:
- by the person’s parent or guardian,
- by someone approved by the person’s parent or guardian, or
if there is not a parent or guardian of the person alive, willing and able to make or approve someone to make a claim, by another person approved by the Commission