(1) A liquidator appointed for an insolvent insurer may apply to the High Court for approvals in respect of the persons to whom sums are payable under section 3 in respect of policies issued by that insurer.

(1A)

(a) Before applying to the High Court under subsection (1), the liquidator of an insolvent insurer shall provide the following information to the State Claims Agency for the purposes of that Agency assessing and verifying whether sums payable under section 3 are appropriate to the claim concerned on the basis of the information so provided:

(i) details of the claims concerned, including an assessment and breakdown of the sum payable in respect of each claim;

(ii) all documentary evidence in support of those claims (being documentary evidence in the form that the liquidator required such evidence to be submitted to him or her).

(b) The information specified in paragraph (a) shall be provided in such form and manner as the State Claims Agency may specify, from time to time, for the purposes of that paragraph.