(1) Subject to the provisions of this section and sections 3A and 3B, there may, with the approval of the High Court, be paid to a person out of the Fund, in relation to an insurer in liquidation, such amount or amounts as that Court may from time to time authorise in respect of any sum (other than a sum payable in respect of the refund of a premium) due to a person under a policy issued by the insurer in liquidation in respect of a risk in the State, together with the costs and expenses (if any) necessarily and reasonably incurred by the person in endeavouring to secure payment of the sum.
(2) The High Court shall order a payment under subsection (1) or (5A)(d) only if it appears to the High Court that it is unlikely that the claim can be met otherwise than from the Fund.
(3) The amount that the High Court may order to be paid to a person in respect of a sum due to the person under a policy shall not exceed the amount that remains due after the assets of the insurer in liquidation hav
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