Diseases of Animals (Valuation) (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2004 No. 365

ANIMALS

Diseases of Animals (Valuation) (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Made

26th August 2004

Coming into operation

1st October 2004

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development(1), in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 50(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Valuation) (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2004.

Fees

2.  An appeal to a tribunal by an owner of a bovine animal submitted under Article 17(1)(b) of the Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 2004(3) or Article 11A(1)(b) of the Tuberculosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1999(4) shall be accompanied by a fee of £100·00 in respect thereof.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 26th August 2004.

L.S.

D. Small

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Order.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 26th August 2004.

L.S.

Jack Layberry

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order prescribes the fee to be paid by the owner of a bovine animal when submitting an appeal to a tribunal under Article 17(1)(b) of the Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 or Article 11A(1)(b) of the Tuberculosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1999. These Articles make provision for the owner of a bovine animal to submit an appeal if dissatisfied with the determination of market value, for the purposes of compensation, in respect of an animal slaughtered, or liable to be slaughtered, by the Department.

(1)

The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1))

(2)

S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of this Order

(3)

S.R. 2004 No. 361

(4)

S.R. 1999 No. 263 as amended by S.R. 2004 No. 363