Compensation for Certain Birds Destroyed in British Columbia (Avian Influenza) Regulations

4 (1) For the purpose of paragraph 55(a) of the Act, the market value of a duck is determined as follows:

• (a) in the case of a duck that is 22 weeks of age or younger, in accordance with the formula

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

• (b) in the case of a duck that is older than 22 weeks of age, in accordance with the formula

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

  where

  A

  is $73.34 in the case of a female duck breeder and $37.51 in the case of a duck table egg layer;

  B

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

  C

  is the salvage value of the duck;

  D

  is 22 weeks;

  E

  is the age of the duck, in weeks, when it was destroyed; and

  F

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

(2) Despite the Compensation for Destroyed Animals Regulations, the amount that is established for the purpose of subsection 51(3) of the Act as the maximum amount with respect to a duck is $73.34.