Explanatory note

This Order prescribes the amount of compensation payable for deer slaughtered by the appropriate Minister (i.e. the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the Secretary of State for Scotland or Wales) under section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 in its application to tuberculosis.

The compensation payable in respect of such a deer is (i) the sum of £600 or (ii) an amount equal to 50 per cent of its market value (calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Order), whichever is the less (article 4). However, compensation payable for the slaughter of deer which are required to serve as controls during the quarantine of imported deer is limited to their carcase value, less the appropriate Minister’s reasonable expenses (article 5).

The Order also requires the appropriate Minister, where he intends to cause a deer to be slaughtered under section 32, to serve a notice of intended slaughter on the owner or person in charge of the deer requiring him to detain and isolate the deer pending such slaughter (article 3 and Schedule).