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Compensation for fat cattle condemned or reduced in value.
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4.—(1) Where—
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(a) cattle are described in a shipper's statement or in an owner's statement as fat cattle, and
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(b) such cattle are or were exported on or after the 12th day of July, 1948, to the British Ministry of Food, and
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(c) the owner of such cattle suffers loss in any of the following circumstances:—
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(i) that any carcase or any portion of a carcase is, at the slaughter centre, condemned as being diseased and is declared by the appropriate authority to be unfit for human consumption by reason of such disease,
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(ii) that a charge is made in consequence of a carcase being required by the appropriate authority to undergo special treatment to ensure fitness for human consumption, or
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(iii) that any carcase or portion of a carcase is, at the slaughter centre, reduced in value because of bruising,
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the owner or the personal representative of the owner of such cattle shall, subject to subsection (2) of this section, be entitled to be paid in respect of such loss compensation under and in accordance with the Exported Live Stock (Insurance) Acts, 1940 and 1943, and this Act, provided, however, that no change of ownership of such cattle took place before the carcase or the portion of the carcase was graded and classified.
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(2) Compensation under this section shall only be payable subject to prescribed conditions.
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(3) The Minister may, with the consent of the National Executive, make regulations to extend any of the provisions of the Exported Live Stock (Insurance) Acts, 1940 and 1943, and this Act, to animals exported to countries or places other than Great Britain or the Isle of Man.
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