# The Brucellosis (Beef Incentives) Payments Scheme 1972, Article 6: Supplementary hill cattle and beef cow payments for animals slaughtered in the course of brucellosis eradication


(1) Where on a qualifying day for the purposes of a hill cattle scheme or a prescribed date for the purposes of a beef cow scheme, as the case may be, the number of cows eligible for subsidy payments under that scheme in a herd to which this paragraph applies is reduced as a result of animals in the herd being slaughtered in the course of the eradication of brucellosis, supplementary payments may be made by the appropriate Minister under this scheme to the person entitled to subsidy payments under that scheme equal to the difference between the payment to which he would in the opinion of the appropriate Minister have been entitled under that scheme in respect of the herd if the animals had not been slaughtered and the payment to which he is actually so entitled.
(2) It shall be a condition of payment under this paragraph that any animals in respect of which payment is made shall be replaced as soon after slaughter as appears to the appropriate Minister to be reasonably practicable, but he may nevertheless make such a payment before replacement of the animals if he is satisfied that suitable arrangements have been made for repayment in the event of the animals not being so replaced.
(3) This paragraph applies to herds which are on the qualifying day or prescribed date, as the case may be, either—
(a) accredited herds, or
(b) certified herds, or
(c) herds which are undergoing a programme of testing, voluntary or compulsory, for the presence of brucellosis, carried out by or under the direction of the appropriate Minister or the Ministry, for the purpose of enabling them to qualify as accredited or certified herds, or
(d) herds in Northern Ireland which have been wholly constituted by the transfer of animals from other certified herds or from similar herds in the Republic of Ireland and which are, to the satisfaction of the Ministry, fully qualified for certification.
(4) For the purposes of this paragraph subsidy payments under a hill cattle or beef cow scheme shall include any payments made by way of supplement to those subsidy payments either under paragraph 3 of this scheme or under paragraph 4 of the Brucellosis Payments Scheme 1971.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1329/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/brucellosis-beef-incentives-payments-scheme-1972/article-6
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