49. The secretary of the committee shall inform members of a claim against the fund at the first meeting after the claim is filed.
If the committee has not completed its examination of the case within 90 days after the claim is filed, the secretary of the committee shall, upon the expiry of that period, so notify the claimant in writing and report to him on the committee’s progress. Until the committee has completed its examination, the secretary of the committee shall, every 60 days following the expiry of the 90-day period, notify the claimant in writing that examination is continuing and report to him on the committee’s progress.
The obligation to notify the claimant as set out in the second paragraph does not apply to the situation contemplated in section 57.