Article 23 Compensation for bovine animals slaughtered for tuberculosis

Subject to articles 24 to 27, this article applies where a bovine animal is caused to be slaughtered under section 32 of the Act and the market value of that bovine animal ascertained in accordance with article 22 exceeds—

Where this article applies, the compensation payable is the sum mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), whichever is applicable.

For the purposes of this article—

• “2016 Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof and amending Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, Council Directives 89/608/EEC and 90/425/EEC and repealing certain acts in the area of animal breeding^f1,

• “breeding book” has the same meaning as Article 2(12)(a) of the 2016 Regulation and “main section of a breeding book” is to be construed in accordance with Article 2(13) of that Regulation,

• “breed society” has the same meaning as Article 2(5) of the 2016 Regulation,

• “zootechnical certificate” has the same meaning as Article 2(20) of the 2016 Regulation,

• “pedigree bovine animal” means a bovine animal—

  1. (a)

     which, before the relevant date is entered into the main section of a breeding book by a breed society, and

  2. (b)

     for which a zootechnical certificate is—

     1. (i)

        issued by that breed society before the relevant date, and

     2. (ii)

        presented to the Scottish Ministers, or to a valuer appointed or nominated, for the purposes of article 22,

• “relevant date” means the date notice was served on the keeper of the animal under article 20 of the intended slaughter of the animal.