The Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Compensation (Amendment) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/2073
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Compensation (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 26th August 1998.

Section 2 Amendment to the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Compensation Order 1978

The Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Compensation Order 1978 shall be amended by substituting for paragraph (2) of article 3 (compensation for and ascertainment of value of bovine animals slaughtered for brucellosis or tuberculosis) the following provisions–

(2) In the case of brucellosis the compensation shall be–

(a) where the slaughtered animal is an affected animal or a reactor, an amount equal to 75% of either–

(i) its market value, or

(ii) 125% of the average price in respect of the month which occurred 2 months prior to the month in which the market value of the animal was determined in accordance with paragraph (3) below, rounded down to the nearest multiple of £4.

whichever is the less;

(b) subject to sub-paragraph (c) below, where the slaughtered animal has been exposed to the infection of brucellosis, an amount equal to its market value;

(c) where the slaughtered animal has been exposed to the infection of brucellosis and is or was comprised in a herd which is not an accredited herd and which is undergoing a series of diagnostic tests for brucellosis, the said compensation shall be an amount equal to 75% of its market value.

(2A) In the case of an animal slaughtered for tuberculosis after the coming into force of this Order the compensation shall be its market value.