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Article 2 Compensation for slaughtered animals

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Where, under the power conferred by section 17 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1950 as applied to african swine fever by the African Swine Fever Order 1980, the Minister causes any animal to be slaughtered, he shall pay compensation as follows:—

(a)

where the animal was affected with african swine fever the compensation shall be one half of the value of the animal immediately before it became so affected;

(b)

in every other case the compensation shall be the value of the animal immediately before it was slaughtered.