Who is authorized to award relief under the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991? State the procedure for awarding such relief on the application of claimant.

Section 7 of the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 requires the collector, on receipt of application for claim for relief, to hold an inquiry into the claim or each of the claims, after giving notice of application to owner and after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard and make an award determining the amount of relief payable to person or persons. The Collector shall arrange to deliver copies of the award to the parties concerned expeditiously and in any case within a period of fifteen days from the date of the award. The insurers to deposit, within 30 days from the date of announcement of the award, the amount in such manner as specified by the collector. The collector than arrange to pay from the relief fund to the person or persons such amount in such manner as may be specified in the scheme. A claim for relief in respect of death of, or injury to, any person or damage to any property shall be disposed of as expeditiously as possible and every endeavour shall be made to dispose of such claim within three months of the receipt of the application for relief. Where an owner is likely to remove or dispose of his property with the object of evading payment by him of any amount of the award, the Collector may grant a temporary injunction to restrain such act.