ii TUBERCULOSIS ORDER 425 



Post-mortem Examination of Slaughtered Animals. 



6. (1) In the case of every animal slaughtered under this 

 Order, the carcase shall, at the time of slaughter or as soon as 

 practicable thereafter, 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 nominated 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. 



7. (1) If the Local Authority fail to carry out the examina- 

 tion 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 twenty 

 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 compensation, 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 therefrom 

 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 In- 

 spector. 



(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 afore- 

 said or the sum of two pounds, whichever sum is the greater, after 

 deducting from this compensation one-half of their costs of valuation 

 and examination as in the preceding case. 



(4) For the purposes of this Order an animal slaughtered 

 under this Order shall be deemed to have been suffering from 

 advanced tuberculosis 



(a) when there is miliary tuberculosis of both lungs ; 



(b) when tuberculous lesions are present on the pleura and 



peritoneum ; 



