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EXPORTED ANIMALS (COMPENSATION) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1952 - SECT 10

Assessment of value of animals.

10€.(1) Where it comes to the knowledge of the Trustees that any animals
exported after the passing of this Act have been or are about to be
slaughtered at any British port by reason of the requirements of the
British authorities, an assessment committee shall forthwith proceed or direct
their agent to proceed to that port; and such committee shall there assess, or
the agent shall inquire into and report to the committee on, the value, for
the purposes of compensation under section eight of this Act, of all animals
so slaughtered or about to be slaughtered, in respect of the slaughter of
which claims for such compensation might be sustained under this Act.

(2) The following provisions shall apply to the assessment of the value of
animals which have been or are about to be slaughtered, that is to say:

(a)the value of animals which have been or are about to be slaughtered on
account of their being actually infected with foot and mouth disease shall be
assessed as at the time immediately before they became so infected;

(b)the value of animals which have been slaughtered without their being
actually so infected shall be assessed as at the time immediately before they
were slaughtered;

(c)the value of animals which are about to be slaughtered without their being
actually so infected shall be assessed as at the time of such assessment;

(d)no regard shall be had to depreciation due solely to the animals being or
having been in an area in which they were exposed to the danger of becoming so
infected;

(k).(1) An assessment committee, where they have assessed the value of any
animals, shall investigate, either in Northern Ireland or elsewhere, as may be
most convenient, all claims for compensation under this Act in respect of such
animals, and shall in respect of every such claim determine whether the
claimant is or is not entitled to such compensation; and where such committee
determine that any such claimant is entitled to such compensation, they shall
fix the amount of such compensation having regard to the value as assessed by
them of the animals to which the claim relates and such other relevant matters
as may be brought before them by the claimant.

(2) Every assessment committee shall forthwith report to the Trustees their
decision on every claim investigated by them, and the amount (if any) of the
compensation fixed by them as payable out of the Fund in respect of such
claim.

(3) An assessment committee may, with the consent of the owner of any animal
the value of which has been assessed by them under this section, and subject
to any directions which may be given by the British authorities, sell the
carcase of such animal, and shall pay the proceeds of such sale into the Fund.

(4) If the owner of any such animal as aforesaid refuses his consent to the
sale by an assessment committee of the carcase of such animal under this
section, such owner shall not be entitled to compensation out of the Fund in
respect of the slaughter of that animal.

(5) Where an assessment committee report under this section to the Trustees
that any claimant for compensation under section eight of this Act is entitled
thereto, the Trustees shall pay out of the Fund to that claimant the amount of
such compensation as fixed by that committee.

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