(1) The following persons are, subject to subsections (2) and (3), entitled to make a claim for compensation pursuant to this Act —
(a) an officer who suffers personal injury;
(b) a person entitled under any written law to make a claim on behalf of an officer who is so incapacitated by reason of personal injury that he or she is unable to make a claim himself or herself;
(c) a named beneficiary of an officer who died in circumstances set out in subsection 5(1)(b); or
(d) in the absence of the named beneficiary referred to in paragraph (c), the holder of a grant of probate or a grant of letters of administration of the deceased officer.
(2) A claim made in respect of personal injury or death occurring after the coming into force of this Act shall be made in accordance with the rules made pursuant to section 21.
(3) The time during which a claim may be made shall be as follows —
(a) in respect of death, within 4 years of the date on which the death of the officer occurred; or
(b) in respect of personal injury, within 2 years of the date on which such personal injury was sustained.
(4) In all proceedings for compensation pursuant to this Act, the claimant may appear in person or may be represented by any named person or an attorney-at-law.