# Brucellosis Control (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996, 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,
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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/239/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/brucellosis-control-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-3
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