But I also have a mechanical challenge of how best, in a cost-effective way, to get the money out to eligible claimants and how best to cut checks.

Accordingly, if the total of all claims amounts to, say, $300 million, and there is $3 million to be distributed, then each eligible claimant will receive $1 for every $100 dollars in claims.

According to the new rules, eligible claimants continue to draw benefit, from which no deduction of tax is made.

The latest official figures were for 1984 when about one in four eligible claimants failed to register for a rebate.

Under the agreement, bondholders who bought bonds before June 10, 1989, and still hold them, or holders who sold between Aug. 1, 1987 and June 10, 1989 will be eligible claimants.

This will allow an eligible claimant to purchase the oil at a duty exclusive price from an intermediate supplier rather than from the approved person.

Funds received by eligible claimants would be used primarily for medical monitoring and other health-related services.

If the final article qualifies for relief and the manufacturer is an eligible claimant (see paragraphs 2.3 and 2.4 above), then that manufacturer can submit a claim for repayment of the duty.

The settlement includes an aggressive campaign to find eligible claimants.

Even before the witchhunt began, one million eligible claimants were estimated to have failed to collect £240 million in supplementary benefits to which they were entitled.