Amendment of the Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1972
3. 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(1),
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.”.
O.J. No. L99, 19.4.96, p. 14