
2007 No. 2996
ANIMALS, ENGLANDANIMAL HEALTH
The Bluetongue (Compensation) Order 2007
Made 17th October 2007
Laid before Parliament 19th October 2007
Coming into force 20th October 2007
With the approval of the Treasury, the Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32(3) of the Animal Health Act 1981 and now vested in him.
Citation, commencement and application
1 
This Order—
(a) may be cited as the Bluetongue (Compensation) Order 2007;
(b) comes into force on 20th October 2007;
(c) applies only in England.
Compensation
2 

(1) Paragraph (2) applies where the Secretary of State causes any animal to be slaughtered under section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 ...
(2) The compensation payable by the Secretary of State in respect of the animal shall be its market value immediately before it was slaughtered had it not been affected or suspected of being affected with, or had it not been exposed to the infection of, bluetongue.
(3) In this article, “animal” means a ruminating animal or camelid.
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
14th October 2007We approve
Claire Ward
Dave Watts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
17th October 2007