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(1)The Minister shall pay compensation—
(a)for anything seized under an order made by virtue of section 35(1) above for the purpose of preventing the spread of foot-and-mouth disease;
(b)for anything seized under such an order for the purpose of preventing the spread of any other disease to which section 35(1) applies, except the carcase of [F1or anything obtained from or produced by] any animal or bird affected with that disease.
(2)The Ministers may by order provide for the payment by the Minister of compensation for carcases [F2of, or things obtained from or produced by] animals or birds affected with any disease to which section 35(1) applies other than foot-and-mouth disease or fowl pest [F3being carcases or things seized under an order made by virtue of section 35(1) above].
(3)The compensation payable under subsection (1) or subsection (2) above for anything seized shall be its value at the time of seizure.
(4)Where anything destroyed, buried or disposed of under an order made under paragraph (e) of section 23 above could have been seized under an order made under section 35(1), the Minister shall pay the like compensation (if any) for it as if it had been so seized at the time of the destruction, burial or disposal.
(5)The Ministers may make such orders as they think fit for all or any of the following purposes—
(a)for prescribing how the value of anything seized under section 35(1) is to be ascertained;
(b)for regulating applications for, and the mode of payment of, any compensation payable by virtue of this section;
(c)for prescribing and regulating the destruction, burial or disposal of anything seized under section 35(1).
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40, SIF 2:8), s. 1(3)(a)
F2Words substituted by Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40, SIF 2:8), s. 1(3)(b)
F3Words inserted by Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40, SIF 2:8), s. 1(3)(b)