(1) Where a claim is made to a local authority acting as an agent of the Protection Board and the Shire Clerk or person authorised by him is satisfied with the evidence of destruction of a declared animal and the compliance with these regulations by the claimant he may ¾

(a) pay the claimant the appropriate bonus fixed by declaration and submit to the Protection Board a statement that payment has been made together with a duly signed certificate of destruction; or

(b) submit to the Protection Board a statement that a claim has been made together with the duly signed certificate of destruction and request the Protection Board to pay the claimant direct.

(2) Where a claim is made to an officer of the Protection Board the officer shall submit to the Protection Board a statement that a claim has been made together with the certificate of destruction.