Bovine TB: Compensation
| As set out in the Government strategic framework for the sustainable control of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in Great Britain, the reason for Government Intervention is clear in that the costs of bTB controls need to be apportioned fairly between taxpayers and industry. CompensationThe Animal Health Act 1981, section 32, sets out the Government’s obligation to pay “compensation of such amount as may be determined in accordance with scales prescribed by order” where the Secretary of State orders an animal to be slaughtered (Section 32(3)). |
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Cattle compensation arrangements from 1 February 2006
On 1 February 2006 the Government introduced, under the Cattle Compensation (England) Order 2006, a new cattle compensation system covering three notifiable diseases - bTB, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL). The same compensation system for BSE affected cattle came into force on 1 March 2006, under the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2006. Under the scheme, compensation for commercial and pedigree cattle is determined through table valuations. At the end of each month an average sales figure is determined for each of the 47 pre-determined cattle categories (for non-pedigree categories the average is calculated from one month’s data, for pedigree categories 6 months data is used). The compensation payable in respect of an individual animal is the average market price for its category in the month in which the relevant date falls, which for bTB is the date the skin test is read or other sample is taken. For brucellosis and EBL it is the date on which a notice requiring slaughter of the animal is served.
Table valuations
- Current table valuations.
- Complete list of table valuations since February 2006.
Where sales data for any particular bovine category in any given month are inadequate, or such price data is unavailable, compensation will be determined by:
(i) using the most recently calculated average price for the same category: or
(ii) through individual valuation as per procedures described in the Individual Ascertainment of Value (England) Order 2005.
Section 4 of the booklet Dealing With TB In Your Herd
(302
KB) provides more information on compensation arrangements.
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