New South Wales Consolidated Acts

APIARIES ACT 1985 - SECT 31

31 Basis of compensation

(1) Subject to section 32, where compensation is payable under this Part, the amount of that compensation shall:

(a) in the case of queen bees that have been destroyed-be the prescribed proportion of the market value, at the time of the destruction of those bees, of an equivalent number of healthy untested queen bees,

(b) in the case of beehives or appliances that have been destroyed-be the prescribed proportion of an amount equivalent to the cost of purchasing materials for the construction of replacement beehives or appliances, and

(c) in the case of beehives or appliances that have been irradiated-be the prescribed proportion of an amount equivalent to the cost of having the beehives or appliances irradiated.

(2) In determining the compensation to be paid under this Part, no allowance shall be made for loss of profit, loss resulting from any breach of contract, loss of production or any other consequential loss whatever.

(3) In determining the compensation to be paid under this Part in respect of beehives or appliances that have been irradiated, no allowance shall be made in respect of the cost of transporting those beehives or appliances to or from the place at which the irradiation was carried out.