2012 No. 315
The Brucellosis Control (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
Made
Coming into operation
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Brucellosis Control (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2012.
Amendment of the Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 20042
1
Subject to Article 3, the Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 20043 shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) to (4).
2
For article 16(1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
16
1
Subject to paragraph (1A), where the Department causes an animal to be slaughtered in accordance with Article 15, the compensation payable by the Department shall be an amount equal to 75% of either—
a
the animal’s market value, or
b
the relevant figure calculated in accordance with Schedule 1 for the month in which the market value of the animal was assessed by the Department,
whichever is the less.
3
After Article 16(1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
1A
The amount of compensation payable by the Department under this Article in respect of any animal shall be reduced by any amount payable as compensation for the loss of that animal (howsoever that loss is expressed) under a contract of insurance.
4
In Schedule 1—
a
for the heading “Compensation for Reactors” substitute “Compensation for Animals”;
b
in paragraphs 1 and 4, for each occurrence of the word “animals”, substitute “reference animals”;
c
in paragraphs 5 and 6, for each occurrence of the word “reactor”, substitute “animal”;
d
in paragraph 7, for each occurrence of the word “reactors”, substitute “animals”.
Savings3
The amendments made by Articles 2(2) and 2(4) shall not have effect in relation to any animal slaughtered in accordance with Article 15 of the Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 where the notice requiring that slaughter was served pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article before 1st September 2012.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 8th August 2012.
(This note is not part of the Order)