Article 3 Amendment of the Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1972

Subject to Article 4, in Article 9 (Compensation) for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2)

For the purposes of this Order the market value of an animal means—

(a)

in the case of a bovine animal over 30 months old, either—

(i)

the price which might reasonably have been obtained for it at the time of valuation in accordance with paragraph (3) from a purchaser in the market if it had been free from brucellosis; or

(ii)

the price which would have applied had the animal been slaughtered in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom^f1,

whichever is the higher.

(b)

in the case of a bovine animal 30 months old or under, the price which might reasonably have been obtained for it at the time of valuation in accordance with paragraph (3) from a purchaser in the market if it had been free from brucellosis.”.