75Payment of compensation

75 Payment of compensation

(a) to the owner of any cattle destroyed by, or by order of, an inspector under this Act because the cattle are suffering from or suspected of suffering from disease;

(b) to the owner of any cattle which are ordered to be destroyed by an inspector under this Act because the cattle are suffering from or suspected of suffering from disease and which die before being destroyed;

(c) to the owner of any cattle destroyed because of injury suffered by the cattle in the course of administration of this Act;

(d) to the owner of any carcase, or portion of a carcase, of cattle condemned under the Meat Industry Act 1993 or the Export Control Act 1982 of the Commonwealth at any meat processing facility by an inspector as unfit for human consumption because of disease;

S. 75(e) inserted by No. 73/1996 s. 40(1).

(e) to the owner of any cattle destroyed by, or by order of, an inspector under this Act because—

S. 75(e)(a) renumbered as s. 75(e)(i) by No. 60/2012 s. 72(2)(a).

(i) the cattle are suffering from or suspected of suffering from a disease which is declared to be an exotic disease after their destruction; or

S. 75(e)(b) renumbered as s. 75(e)(ii) by No. 60/2012 s. 72(2)(b).

(ii) the cattle are suspected of suffering from an exotic disease but after destruction are found not to be suffering from an exotic disease.