1. The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

• “Act” means the Health of Animals Act. (Loi)

• “bird”[Repealed, SOR/2005-113, s. 1]

• “chicken” means a female chicken broiler breeder or a chicken table egg layer. (poulet)

• “control area” means the area in British Columbia that is declared to be a control area under subsection 27(1) of the Act and in respect of which the Minister's declaration dated March 11, 2004 remains in effect. (région contrôlée)

• “duck” means a female duck breeder or a duck table egg layer. (canard)

• “goose” means a female goose breeder. (oie)

2. These Regulations apply in respect of chickens, ducks and geese destroyed in the control area under subsection 48(1) of the Act because of the outbreak of avian influenza.

• 3. (1) For the purpose of paragraph 55(a) of the Act, the market value of a chicken is determined as follows:

  • (a) in the case of a female chicken broiler breeder that is 25 weeks of age or younger or a chicken table egg layer that is 19 weeks of age or younger, in accordance with the formula

    B + [(A - B)/D]E

  • (b) in the case of a female chicken broiler breeder that is older than 25 weeks of age or a chicken table egg layer that is older than 19 weeks of age, in accordance with the formula

    A + [(C - A)/(F - D)](E - D)

    where

    • A 

      is the maximum amount with respect to a chicken under section 2 of the Compensation for Destroyed Animals Regulations;
    • B 

      is the value of a day-old female chicken broiler breeder or a day-old chicken table egg layer, as the case may be;
    • C 

      is the salvage value of the chicken;
    • D 

      is 25 weeks in the case of a female chicken broiler breeder and 19 weeks in the case of a chicken table egg layer;
    • E 

      is the age of the chicken, in weeks, when it was destroyed; and
    • F 

      is the length, in weeks, of the average production cycle of a female chicken broiler breeder or a chicken table egg layer, as the case may be.

• (2) The market value of a chicken shall not exceed the maximum amount with respect to a chicken under section 2 of the Compensation for Destroyed Animals Regulations.