14Invitations to make claims for payment rights

14 Invitations to make claims for payment rights

(1) The DAA must conduct a public information program about the scheme.

(2) The public information program must include advertisements in at least 1 national newspaper, and local and regional newspapers circulating in all areas containing a significant dairy industry, after the beginning of the DSAP claim period, telling entities:

(a) how they may qualify for payment rights under the scheme; and

(b) how they can make a claim for a payment right.

(3) The DAA must make all reasonable efforts to give an entity a formal invitation to make a claim for a payment right if:

(a) the DAA has reasonable grounds to believe, on the basis of information obtained under section 13, that it may be in the interests of the entity for the entity to make a claim for a payment right; and

(b) there would be enough time for the claim to be made before the end of the DSAP claim period if the DAA were to give the entity a formal invitation to make the claim.

(4) However, a failure by the DAA to comply with subsection (3) does not invalidate any action taken that is otherwise in accordance with the scheme.