1. This Order may be cited as the Foot-And-Mouth Disease (Ascertainment of Value ) (Wales) Order 2001; it applies in relation to Wales and comes into force at 5pm on 22nd March 2001.
2.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 3 to the Animal Health Act 1981 the value of an animal slaughtered by the Minister because of foot-and-mouth disease shall be in accordance with this article.
(2) If the owner decides that he wishes to have the animal valued by a valuer, the value is the amount determined in writing by a valuer appointed jointly by the Minister and the owner of the animal or, failing such appointment, by a valuer appointed by the President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
(3) If the owner does not wish to have the animal valued by a valuer, the value is the amount set out for that animal in the Schedule.
(4) The valuer shall be paid by the Minister.
D. Elis Thomas
Presiding Officer National Assembly for Wales
Signed at 3.30 p.m. on 22nd March 2001
Helene Hayman
Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Signed at 4.10 p.m. on 22nd March 2001