MR SHANE
Mr Chairman if you're not satisfied that the application is made timeously, at the end of everything, then the law is quite clear on that.  Then he cannot be granted amnesty.  If he, the same as anyone else, if you get your application in too late, after 10 May 1997, you're not entitled to amnesty.  That's the rules and that's the law.  B
	But he, I submit Mr Chairman with the greatest respect, that  on this, and on what you can hear, and also bearing in mind what you've already heard from the other applicant, I would submit that on a balance of probabilities it's possible that his documents got lost and that loss was due to absolutely no act or omission on his part.