The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Compensation for a sheep or goat slaughtered as a suspect animal

22.—(1) The Department must pay compensation in accordance with this paragraph for a sheep or goat killed as a suspected animal.

(2) Where it is confirmed that it was affected with a TSE, the compensation is—

(a)£30 in the case of an animal at the end of its productive life; and

(b)£90 in any other case.

(3) Where it is not confirmed that it was affected with a TSE, the compensation is the higher of—

(a)the amount that would have been payable under sub-paragraph (2) if it had been confirmed the animal was affected with a TSE; and

(b)such sum as appears to the Department, having regard to any information provided by the owner of the animal and any other relevant information, to reflect the market value of the animal, subject to a maximum sum of £400 for each animal.