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Compensation for live stock lost or damaged in transit.
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3.—(1) Where—
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(a) an animal is exported from a port in the State to a British landing place, or is delivered in the State to a carrier for shipment via a Northern Ireland port to a British landing place, and
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(b) a shipper's statement in accordance with the Principal Act or an owner's statement in accordance with the Act of 1943 (as the case may be), has been delivered in respect of such animal, and
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(c) such animal is lost or damaged, either on land or sea, while in transit,
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the owner or the personal representative of the owner of such animal shall be entitled to be paid, in respect of such loss or damage, compensation under and in accordance with the Principal Act as amended by the Act of 1943 and this Act.
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(2) For the purposes of this section an animal shall be deemed to be in transit from the time such animal is put on board a ship at a port in the State or, if such animal is delivered in the State to a carrier for shipment via a Northern Ireland port, from the time it enters Northern Ireland, until—
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(a) in case such animal is exported to the British Ministry of Food for slaughter, the time at which the British Ministry of Food assumes ownership of the animal,
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(b) in case such animal is exported for sale in Great Britain or the Isle of Man otherwise than to the British Ministry of Food, the date of the holding, subsequent to importation, of the next sale at which it could be conveniently sold or the expiration of eighty-four hours from the time at which it was released from a British landing place, whichever is the earlier,
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(c) in case such animal is re-exported from a port in Great Britain to another country, the time at which the animal arrives at the port from which it is to be shipped to such other country or the expiration of eighty-four hours from the time at which it is released from a British landing place, whichever is the earlier,
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(d) in any other case, the time at which such animal arrives at the land in Great Britain or the Isle of Man on which it is proposed to be kept or the expiration of eighty-four hours from the time at which it is released from a British landing place, whichever is the earlier.
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(3) In this section the word “damaged” does not include bruising.
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