83Payment of compensation

83 Payment of compensation

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

(b) to the owner of the pig which is ordered to be destroyed by an inspector under this Act because the pig is suffering from or suspected of suffering from disease and which dies before being destroyed;

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

(d) to the owner of any carcase, or portion of a carcase, of a pig 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. 83(e) inserted by No. 73/1996 s. 40(2).

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

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

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