2006 No. 2740

ANIMALS, ENGLANDANIMAL HEALTH

The Equine Infectious Anaemia (Compensation) (England) Order 2006

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32(3) of the Animal Health Act 19811 and now vested in him2:

Title, commencement and application1

This Order—

a

may be cited as the Equine Infectious Anaemia (Compensation) (England) Order 2006;

b

comes into force on 6th November 2006;

c

applies in England only.

Compensation for equine animals slaughtered for equine infectious anaemia2

1

Where the Secretary of State causes a diseased equine animal to be slaughtered under the powers conferred by section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 in its application to equine infectious anaemia, the amount of compensation payable in relation to that animal is £1.00.

2

In this article, a “diseased equine animal” means a mammal which is confirmed to be affected with equine infectious anaemia by an appropriate laboratory test.

Ian PearsonMinister of StateDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

We approve

Alan CampbellFrank RoyTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2(1) of this Order prescribes the scale of compensation payable where the Secretary of State causes an equine animal to be slaughtered under section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 (c.22) in its application to equine infectious anaemia. The Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2166) amended the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3159), insofar as it applies in England, so as to add equine infectious anaemia to the list of diseases to which section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 applies.

A regulatory impact assessment of the effect this Order will have on the costs of business has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament; copies can be obtained from the Surveillance, Zoonoses and Emerging Issues Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 1A Page Street, London SW1P 4PQ.