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By Selena Masson
Wednesday, 09 December 2009
DEFRA has confirmed that a draft version of its controversial Animal Health Bill will be published in January next year
After the anticipated Animal Health Bill was left out of the recent Queen’s speech, DEFRA has now given official confirmation that it intends to publish a draft version in January.
The Bill will establish a new independent body for animal health in England and marks the start of the legislative process for DEFRA’s controversial responsibility and Cost Sharing (RCS) plans, which could see gamefarmers paying a new tax towards fighting outbreaks of animal diseases.
According to the Game Farmers’ Association (GFA), the Government’s divisive plan to introduce a levy on poults would equate to approximately 12p per bird. There would be a mandatory insurance levy of 8p plus 4p per gamebird towards
the poultry sector’s research and surveillance fund. The tax would be applied each time a gamebird is sold, either as a day-old chick or a poult.
The rest of this article appears in 16 December issue of Shooting Times.
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