(a) The Minister shall, as soon as is practicable after the commencement of this section, by order, specify an amount (in this section referred to as the "relevant amount") for the purposes of this section which he or she considers is an amount which is appropriate to trigger the auditing required by this section of claims under section 9 which exceed that amount but without, at the same time, causing undue interference with the day-to-day operations of the Compensation Body in dealing with claims under that section.
(b) Subject to paragraph (c), the Compensation Body shall not, in respect of a claim under section 9, make an offer of compensation which exceeds the relevant amount until the claim has been audited in accordance with this section.
(c) Paragraph (b) shall not apply in respect of an offer of compensation the amount of which has been determined by an order of a court.
(2) Subject to subsection (5), the Agency shall, as expeditiously as possible, audit each relevant claim
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