DISEASES OF ANIMALS BILL

NOTICE OF AMENDMENTS TABLED ON
10 NOVEMBER 2009 FOR CONSIDERATION STAGE

Clause 8 , Page 8, Line 43

At end insert -

‘(3) The Department may by order prescribe the circumstances in which it may withhold, either wholly or partly, compensation or any other payment in respect of an animal slaughtered under this Order where ¾

(a) the slaughter has been necessitated by brucellosis;

(b) guidance relating to brucellosis has been published under Article 4A(3) and has not been withdrawn; and

(c) the owner or person having charge of the animal has failed to comply with that guidance.’

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Clause 21 , Page 14, Line 20

After ‘4A(1),’ insert ‘4B(3),’

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development