Section 221: Compensation for damage

(1) Where a damage is caused to any premises by a person or vehicle billeted in pursuance of a billeting requisition, the occupier of the premises or, if there is no occupier, the person entitled to possession of the premises, may recover from the Forces Council compensation of an amount equal to the depreciation caused by the damage in the value of the premises.
(2) Where a person, other than the recipient of compensation under subsection (1) of this section has interest in the premises, being an interest the value of which is depreciated by the damage, he shall be entitled to recover from the recipient such part of the compensation as may be appropriate.
(3) A magistrate court shall have jurisdiction to deal with a claim arising under subsection (1) or (2) of this section irrespective of the amount of the claim.