SCHEDULE 4 Control and eradication of TSE in sheep and goats

7 Confirmation of TSE in goats
(1) This paragraph applies if it is confirmed that a suspect goat, or a body of a goat monitored under Annex III to the EU TSE Regulation, is affected with a TSE, and BSE is excluded in accordance with the procedure set out in point 3.2(c) of Chapter C of Annex X to that Regulation (further examination of positive TSE cases), except where the Scottish Ministers decide to exercise the power in paragraph 10(3).
(2) The Scottish Ministers, after carrying out the inquiry specified in Article 13(1)(b) of, and point 2.2 of Chapter B of Annex VII to, the EU TSE Regulation (measures following confirmation of the presence of a TSE), must serve a notice on the occupier of the holding informing him or her that the Scottish Ministers intend to kill and destroy all the goats on the holding and all embryos and ova from those animals in accordance with Article 13(1)(c) of, and point 2.2 of Chapter B of Annex VII, to that Regulation.
Words in sch. 4 para. 7(2) substituted (23.5.2019) by The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/118), regs. 1, 7(4)(a)
Words in sch. 4 para. 7(2) substituted (23.5.2019) by The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/118), regs. 1, 7(4)(b)
(3) The appeals procedure in regulation 10 applies in relation to any decision of the Scottish Ministers under this paragraph.