71F. (1) The Minister, upon receipt on an application, shall—

(a) assign an assessor to consider the application in accordance with subsection (2), and

(b) transmit the application and any documents required to be submitted with it to the assessor.

(2) The assessor to whom an application is assigned under subsection (1) shall, in accordance with this Part and the regulations—

(a) examine the application and any information or documents transmitted to him or her under subsection (1) or provided by the applicant in compliance with section 71G, and

(b) determine the amount of compensation payable to the applicant.]