Rabies Indemnification Regulations

REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE REIMBURSEMENT OF PROVINCES FOR MONEYS PAID TO OWNERS OF ANIMALS DYING AS A RESULT OF RABIES These Regulations may be cited as the Rabies Indemnification Regulations. In these Regulations, "Minister" means the Minister of Agriculture. Subject to sections 4 and 5, the Minister may reimburse any province 2/5 of the amount paid by the province to owners of animals that have died as a result of rabies. The maximum amount per animal that the Minister may pay under these Regulations is for cattle, $400; for horses, 200; for sheep, 80; for swine, 80; and for goats, 80. SOR/81-136, s. 1 No payment shall be made by the Minister under section 3 in respect of any animal unless the Minister has first received a certificate signed by a veterinary inspector under the Animal Disease and Protection Act certifying that the animal died as a result of rabies.