3. A rescuer must apply to the commission in writing within one year after the injury was sustained; in the case of a dependant, such application must be made within one year after the death of the rescuer; in the case of the person contemplated in the second paragraph of section 2, the application must be made within one year of the payment.
The claimant who does not make the application within the prescribed delay is presumed to have renounced the compensation.