Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 2073

The Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Compensation (Amendment) Order 1998

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    " (2) In the case of brucellosis the compensation shall be-


(a) where the slaughtered animal is an affected animal or a reactor, an amount equal to 75% of either-


(i) its market value, or

(ii) 125% of the average price in respect of the month which occurred 2 months prior to the month in which the market value of the animal was determined in accordance with paragraph (3) below, rounded down to the nearest multiple of £4.



whichever is the less;

(b) subject to sub-paragraph (c) below, where the slaughtered animal has been exposed to the infection of brucellosis, an amount equal to its market value;

(c) where the slaughtered animal has been exposed to the infection of brucellosis and is or was comprised in a herd which is not an accredited herd and which is undergoing a series of diagnostic tests for brucellosis, the said compensation shall be an amount equal to 75% of its market value.



    (2A) In the case of an animal slaughtered for tuberculosis after the coming into force of this Order the compensation shall be its market value.".

Jeff Rooker
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

21st August 1998



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales


Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

21st August 1998



We approve


Jim Dowd

Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

21st August 1998

[2] S.I. 1978/1483 as amended by S.I. 1981/1417 and S.I. 1996/1352.back