The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Definitions

15.  The following definitions apply in relation to compensation payable for bovine animals killed under this Schedule—

“closed herd” means a herd into which no female bovine animal has been introduced from any other herd in the ten years prior to the restriction being placed;

“herd” means—

(a)

all female bovine animals, which are in milk or in calf; and

(b)

all male bovine animals, which are or have been used for breeding purposes,

which are kept on the same premises, and are managed as a separate production unit at the time a notice confirming the Department’s intention to slaughter the animal is given to the keeper or other person in charge of the animal;

“replacement value” in relation to a female bovine animal means the value, at the time of valuation, of a bovine animal in its first lactation of the same breed and quality as the slaughtered bovine animal at the time of its valuation;

“return” means a document furnished to the Department by a person operating a market at a place listed in paragraph 16 which shows for a week ending on a Saturday the number of commercial grade cows and in-calf heifers, both of which are intended for use in the production of milk, sold at that market and the total sale price for such animals in that week at that market.

“suspected animal” means a bovine animal which is suspected of being affected with BSE.