Article 2 Amendment of the Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

(1)

Subject to Article 3, the Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 2004^f1 shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

For article 16(1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“16.

(1)
Subject to paragraph (1A), where the Department causes an animal to be slaughtered in accordance with Article 15, the compensation payable by the Department shall be an amount equal to 75% of either—
(a)
the animal’s market value, or

(b)
the relevant figure calculated in accordance with Schedule 1 for the month in which the market value of the animal was assessed by the Department,

whichever is the less.”.

(3)

After Article 16(1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(1A)
The amount of compensation payable by the Department under this Article in respect of any animal shall be reduced by any amount payable as compensation for the loss of that animal (howsoever that loss is expressed) under a contract of insurance.”.

(4)

In Schedule 1—

(a)

for the heading “Compensation for Reactors” substitute “Compensation for Animals”;

(b)

in paragraphs 1 and 4, for each occurrence of the word “animals”, substitute “reference animals”;

(c)

in paragraphs 5 and 6, for each occurrence of the word “reactor”, substitute “animal”;

(d)

in paragraph 7, for each occurrence of the word “reactors”, substitute “animals”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2004 No. 361 as amended by S.R. 2005 No. 585.