210 CLINICAL BACTERIOLOGY AND 



Post-Mortem Examination of Slaughtered Animals. 



7. — (1) In the case of every animal slaughtered under 

 this Order, the Local Authority shall cause the carcase, at 

 the time of slaughter or as soon as practicable thereafter, 

 to be examined by a Veterinary Inspector of the Local 

 Authority, or (if so required by the owner or person in 

 charge of the animal before it is slaughtered) by some other 

 veterinary surgeon, who, failing agreement between the 

 Local Authority and such owner or person, shall be nomi- 

 nated by the Board, but paid by the Local Authority. 



(2) The Veterinary Inspector or other veterinary surgeon 

 shall at the conclusion of his examination give to the Local 

 Authority and to the owner of the animal a certificate of 

 the result of the examination in the Form set forth in the 

 Schedule hereto or to the like effect. 



Compensation. 



8. — (1) If the Local Authority fail to carry out the 

 examination required by the preceding Article, or if the 

 certificate of such examination does not show that the 

 animal was suffering from tuberculosis, the Local Authority 

 shall, by way of compensation, pay to the owner thereof 

 a sum equal to the value of the animal as agreed or 

 certified in manner aforesaid, and a further sum of twent}- 

 shillings. 



(2) If the certificate of the examination shows that the 

 animal was suffering from tuberculosis (not being advanced 

 tuberculosis), the Local Authority shall, by way of com- 

 pensation, pay to the owner a sum equal to three-fourths 

 of the value of the animal as agreed or certified in manner 

 aforesaid, after deducting from such sum one-half of their 

 reasonable costs of any valuation of the animal by a valuer 

 appointed by the Board, and of any examination of its 

 carcase by a veterinary surgeon other than the Veterinary 

 Inspector. 



(3) If the certificate of the examination shows that the 

 animal was suffering from advanced tuberculosis, the Local 

 Authority shall, by way of compensation, pay to the owner 

 a sum equal to one-fourth of the value of the animal, as 

 agreed or certified in manner aforesaid, or the sum of thirty 

 shillings, whichever sum is the greater, after deducting 

 from such sum one-half of their costs of valuation and 

 examination as in the preceding case. 



