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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 36.18
COMPENSATION FOR SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS 
REGULATIONS
26th May, 1961
LEGAL NOTICE 29 of 1961, as amended by Legal Notices 62 of 1972,
50 of 1973 and 76 of 1988.
Title.
Slaughtered Animals Regulations.
Interpretation.
Amended by:
L.N. 62 of 1972.
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires-
"Director" means the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the Department of
Agriculture;
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"government veterinary surgeon" means a veterinary surgeon in
the employment of the government.
Compensation for 
animals 
slaughtered under 
article 75 of the 
Ordinance.
3. (1) The compensation payable in respect of animals, other
than those declared to be affected with anthrax, slaughtered under
the provisions of article 75 of the Ordinance shall be:
( a ) in the case of animals affected with cattle plague or
pleura-pneumonia, the market value of the carcase as
fit for industrial purposes only; and
( b ) in the case of animals affected with glanders, the
market value of the animals if sold as still serviceable
at the initial stage of the disease.
(2) Compensation shall not be payable in respect of animals
suffering from anthrax.
Compensation for 
animals 
slaughtered under 
article 76 of the 
Ordinance.
Amended by:
L.N. 62 of 1972.
4. The compensation payable in respect of animals
slaughtered under the provisions of article 76 of the Ordinance
shall be:
( a ) in the case of bovines affected with tuberculosis or
brucellosis, such compensation as may be determined
in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule
hereto; or
( b ) in the case of animals other than bovines affected with
tuberculosis or brucellosis the full market value of the
animals:
Provided that no person shall receive, within any
period of twelve months, in respect of slaughtered
animals more than two-thirds of the total value of the
herd, flock or other type of animals owned by him at
the time of the slaughter:
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Provided further that when the Director declares
that there is in the country an epidemic of any animal
disease, the rate of compensation payable shall be
determined by the Minister with the concurrence of the
Minister responsible for Finance.
Foreign animals.  5. Compensation shall not be payable in respect of animals
imported from foreign parts if any such animal is slaughtered after
it has been found to be affected width disease while under
observation at a quarantine station or within ten days from the date
of its landing in Malta or of its release from the quarantine station.
Loss of right for 
compensation.
Added by:
L.N. 62 of 1972.
6. No compensation shall be payable under these Regulations
to any owner of the animals if -
( a ) in the opinion of the Director, such owner has not
taken all the necessary precautions to prevent the
disease; or
(b) such owner has not been registered with the Director;
or
( b ) such owner has not submitted to the Director, when so
requested, a return giving all the information required
by the Director.
Amended by:
L.N. 50 of 1973;
L.N. 76 of 1988.
SCHEDULE 
(Regulation 4) 
Compensation for the slaughter of bovines affected by 
Tuberculosis or Brucellosis
Interpretation. 1. In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires -
"disease" means tuberculosis or brucellosis and "diseased" shall
be construed accordingly; 
"herd" means a herd of bovines and includes one bovine.
Compensation in 
cash or in kind.
Amended by:
L.N. 50 of 1973;
L.N. 76 of 1988.
2. Where a diseased bovine is slaughtered under the
provisions of article 76 of the Ordinance, the Director may either
pay the owner financial compensation or give him a milch cow or a
pregnant heifer in exchange for such bovine.
Financial 
compensation.
Amended by:
L.N. 50 of 1973;
L.N. 76 of 1988.
3. Where the Director pays financial compensation -
( a ) such compensation shall in no case exceed the current
cost of a milch cow or a pregnant heifer; and
( b ) where the diseased bovine is either less than one year
old or is a bull, such compensation shall be the market
value which such bovine had on the date of slaughter.
Exchange of 
diseased bovines.
Amended by:
L.N. 50 of 1973;
L.N. 76 of 1988.
4. Where the Director exchanges a milch cow or a pregnant
heifer for a diseased bovine -
( a ) such cow or pregnant heifer shall not, without the
written authority of the Director, be slaughtered,
disposed of or in any way transferred within the next
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following eighteen months; and
( b ) the Director shall not be responsible for the health of
such cow or pregnant heifer after the date of the
exchange, if on that date a government veterinary
surgeon declares it to be free from disease. 
Where no 
compensation shall 
be paid.
5. The foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall not apply
and no compensation whatsoever shall be paid -
( a )  in respect of the slaughter of such number of diseased
bovines forming part of a herd as exceeds two-thirds
of the total number of such herd where more than two-
thirds of the herd are diseased; and
( b ) in respect of the slaughter of diseased bovines forming
part of a herd where bovines are introduced into the
herd -
(i) without the written authorisation of the Director
while the herd is in the process of being tested,
analysed or otherwise examined with a view to
the issue by the Director of a certificate to the
effect that the herd is free from disease; or 
(ii) after the issue of such certificate if the bovines
are introduced into the herd, without being
certified by a government veterinary surgeon to
be free from disease.
