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Example Claim Form - Instructions

Representative/Adviser Interim claims
There is no requirement for you to use the If you claim for loss of income over a long
services of, or employ a representative or period (e.g. a fisherman claiming for losses
adviser to help prepare your claim. The incurred during a lengthy fishing ban), you do
shipowner’s insurer/1992 Fund will be happy to not have to wait until the end of the period
answer your questions, help you prepare your in which all the losses occur, before making
claim and to fill out this form. a claim. You may submit claim forms at

Amount of compensation intervals (e.g. monthly) and an assessment
will be made as to what your income would
The maximum amount available under the have been for each period and payment will
1992 Civil Liability and Fund Conventions to be made accordingly. 3
compensate all claimants with reasonable
valid claims amounts to [currency equivalent Equal treatment of claimants
of sdr applicable to the incident]. This is a limit All claimants will be treated on an equal basis;
and the actual amount paid in compensation the latest claimants to present their claim
will be dependent on the proven losses. before the expiration of the time bar have
Additional amounts are available under the the same rights to compensation as those
Supplementary Fund. who applied in the early days following the
Percentage Payments incident.
If the total amount of the established claims
exceeds the total amount of compensation
available under the two 1992 Conventions, the
compensation paid to each claimant will be
reduced proportionately. When there is a risk
that this situation will arise, the 1992 Fund
may have to restrict compensation payments
to ensure that all claimants are given equal
treatment. The payment level may increase at
a later stage if the uncertainty about the total
amount of the established claims is reduced.