otherwise than by payment of a sum, this enactment shall apply as if the value of such recoupment were a sum paid. Textual amendments The references to a police area were substituted, for the previous references to a police district, by sections 103(1) and 104(1) of, and paragraph 9 of Part II of Schedule 7 to, the Police Act 1996. The words "the police fund" were substituted for the words "the police rate" by Schedule 9 to the Police Act 1964. "House, shop or building", "police area" and "police fund" These expressions are defined by section 9. Section 3 - Mode of awarding compensation This section now reads: (1) Claims for compensation under this Act shall be made to the [compensation authority] of the [police area] in which the injury, stealing, or destruction took place, and such [compensation authority] shall inquire into the truth thereof, and shall, if satisfied, fix such compensation as appears to them just. (2) A Secretary of State may from time to time make, and when made, revoke and vary regulations respecting the time, manner, and conditions within, in, and under which claims for compensation under this Act are to be made, and all claims not made in accordance with such regulations may be excluded. Such regulations may also provide for the particulars to be stated in any claim, and for the verification of any claim, and of any facts incidental thereto, by statutory declarations, production of books, vouchers, and documents, entry of premises, and otherwise, and may also provide for any matter which under this Act can be prescribed, and for the [compensation authority] obtaining information and assistance for determining the said claims. (3) The said regulations shall be published in the London Gazette, and every [compensation authority] shall cause the same to be published in their [police area], and copies thereof to be at all times sold to any applicant at a price not exceeding sixpence for each copy. Textual amendments The words "police area" were substituted for the references to a police district by sections 103(1) and 104(1) of, and paragraph 10 of Part II of Schedule 7 to, the Police Act 1996. The words "compensation authority" were substituted for the words "police authority" by Schedule 9 to the Police Act 1964. "Police area" and "compensation authority" These expressions are defined by section 9. "Secretary of State" This expression is defined by the