The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2006

Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 3 Control and eradication of TSE in bovine animals

1. 1. Control and eradication of TSE - notification

2. 2. Restriction of a notified animal

3. 3. Slaughter of a suspect animal

4. 4. Identification and restriction of offspring and cohorts

5. 5. Action following confirmation

6. 6. Death while under restriction

7. 7. Placing on the market of bovine progeny

8. 8. When compensation is payable

9. 9. Amount of compensation payable

10. 10. Exceptions

Control and eradication of TSE - notification

1.—(1) For the purposes of Article 11 of the Community TSE Regulation, any person who has in his possession or under his control any bovine animal suspected of being affected by a TSE shall immediately notify the Secretary of State and detain it on the premises until it has been examined by a veterinary inspector.

(2) Any veterinary surgeon who examines any such animal shall, with all practical speed, notify the Secretary of State.

(3) Any person (other than the Secretary of State) who examines the body of any bovine animal, or any part of it, in a laboratory and who reasonably suspects the presence of a TSE shall immediately notify the Secretary of State, and retain the body and any parts of it until a veterinary inspector has authorised disposal.

(4) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Restriction of a notified animal

2.  If an animal is notified under paragraph 1 an inspector may serve a notice prohibiting its movement from the premises pending determination of whether or not it is suspected of being affected with BSE.

Slaughter of a suspect animal

3.—(1) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 12 of the Community TSE Regulation, if a veterinary inspector suspects that a bovine animal is affected with BSE, he must either —

(a) kill it on the holding immediately;

(b) remove the cattle passport and serve a notice prohibiting the animal from being moved from the holding until it has been killed; or

(c) ensure that its cattle passport is stamped “Not for human consumption” and serve a notice directing the owner to consign it to other premises for killing and prohibiting movement other than in accordance with that direction.

(2) He must restrict the movement of other bovine animals from the holding in accordance with the second and fourth paragraphs of Article 12(1) of the Community TSE Regulation and Article 2(1)(a) of Commission Decision 2005/598/EC.

(3) In accordance with Article 12(3) of the Community TSE Regulation, if the animal is killed on the holding, it is an offence to remove the body from that holding except in accordance with a written direction from an inspector.

(4) If the animal is not killed immediately, its keeper must dispose of its milk in such a way that it cannot be consumed by humans or animals except its own calf or animals kept for research purposes, and failure to comply with this sub-paragraph is an offence.

Identification and restriction of offspring and cohorts

4.—(1) In accordance with Articles 12(1) and 13(2) of the Community TSE Regulation, if—

(a) a veterinary inspector suspects that a bovine animal is affected with BSE;

(b) the monitoring of carcases under Schedule 2 or under Annex III to the Community TSE Regulation confirms that an animal is suspected of being affected with BSE; or

(c) the competent authority of another part of the United Kingdom or another member State notifies the Secretary of State that a bovine animal is suspected of being affected with BSE,

an inspector must identify—

(d) (if the suspect animal is female) all its offspring born on or after 1st August 1996; and

(e) all its bovine cohorts born on or after 1st August 1996,

and for these purposes the animal’s date of birth is the one shown on its cattle passport.

(2) An inspector must serve notices prohibiting movement of those animals from the holding on which they are kept or where he suspects they may be kept (whether or not this is the same holding as that of the suspect animal) and remove their cattle passports.

(3) If he cannot immediately identify the animals in sub-paragraph (1) an inspector must prohibit the movement of all bovine animals from the holding pending identification.

(4) Movements of restricted animals are only permitted in accordance with regulation 20.

Action following confirmation

5.—(1) In accordance with Article 13(1)(c) of, and point 2 of Annex VII to, the Community TSE Regulation, if it is confirmed that the suspect animal was affected with BSE an inspector must—

(a) if the animal is female, kill all its offspring born on or after 1st August 1996; and

(b) in all cases, kill all the bovine animals in its cohort born on or after 1st August 1996 except where—

(i) he is satisfied that the animal did not have access to the same feed as the affected animal; or

(ii) the animal is a bull that is kept at, and will not be removed from, a semen collection centre, but it is an offence to remove the animal from the centre except to be killed, and when it is killed the owner commits an offence unless he ensures that the carcase is completely destroyed.

(2) If the animal is not killed on the holding, an inspector must ensure that its passport is stamped “Not for human consumption” and must direct the owner in writing to consign it to other premises for killing as specified in the direction.

(3) If the test is negative he must remove all restrictions imposed because of the suspect animal and return the cattle passports.

(4) When an animal is killed under this regulation, it is an offence to remove the carcase from the premises on which it was killed except in accordance with a written direction from an inspector.

Death while under restriction

6.  If any animal dies or is killed while it is under restriction for any reason under this Schedule, the owner must immediately notify the Secretary of State, and retain the body on the premises until he is directed in writing to move or dispose of it by an inspector, and it is an offence not to comply with this paragraph or to fail to comply with a direction under it.

Placing on the market of bovine progeny

7.  Any person who places on the market any bovine animal in contravention of Article 15(2) of the Community TSE Regulation and Chapter B of Annex VIII to that Regulation is guilty of an offence.

When compensation is payable

8.  The Secretary of State shall pay compensation—

(a) when an animal is killed under this Schedule;

(b) where an animal is to be killed under this Schedule, and has been valued for the purposes of compensation, but dies (or is killed for other reasons) after valuation; or

(c) where an animal is subject to a movement restriction under this Schedule and has to be killed as an emergency and a veterinary surgeon has declared in writing that the animal would otherwise have been fit for human consumption in accordance with Chapter VI of Section I of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin(1) in which case compensation is the value of the body (including the blood and the hide).

Amount of compensation payable

9.—(1) The compensation is the average price paid in Great Britain for that age and category of animal—

(a) for a pedigree animal, in the previous six months; and

(b) for any other bovine animal, in the previous month.

(2) A pedigree animal is one for which a pedigree certificate has been issued by a breeders' organisation or association that fulfils the conditions of Council Decision 84/247/EEC laying down the criteria for the recognition of breeders' organisations and associations which maintain or establish herd-books for pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species(2).

(3) The Secretary of State shall categorise animals as follows, and for the purposes of determining which category the animal falls into, the age of the animal is the age, as shown by its cattle passport, at the date on which the notice of intention to kill was served.

Categories

Male	Female
Beef Sector – non-pedigree animal
Up to 3 months	Up to 3 months
Over 3 months up to 6 months	Over 3 months up to 6 months
Over 6 months up to 9 months	Over 6 months up to 9 months
Over 9 months up to 12 months	Over 9 months up to 12 months
Over 12 months up to 16 months	Over 12 months up to 16 months
Over 16 months up to 20 months	Over 16 months up to 20 months
20 months and over—	20 months and over—
Breeding bulls Other	Calved Not calved
Dairy Sector – non-pedigree animal
Up to 3 months	Up to 3 months
Over 3 months up to 6 months	Over 3 months up to 6 months
Over 6 months up to 12 months	Over 6 months up to 12 months
Over 12 months up to 16 months	Over 12 months up to 16 months
Over 16 months up to 20 months	Over 16 months up to 20 months
20 months and over	20 months and over—
	Calved Not calved
Beef Sector – pedigree animal
6 months up to 12 months	6 months up to 12 months
Over 12 months up to 24 months	Over 12 months up to 24 months
24 months and over	24 months and over (not calved)
	Calved under 36 months
	Calved 36 months and over
Dairy Sector – pedigree animal
Up to 2 months	Up to 2 months
Over 2 months up to 12 months	Over 2 months up to 10 months
Over 12 months up to 24 months	Over 10 months up to 18 months
24 months and over	18 months and over not calved
	Calved under 36 months
	Calved 36 months and over

Exceptions

10.—(1) Where the Secretary of State considers that the data to calculate the average price is inadequate, she may pay compensation at—

(a) for animals in that category, the most recent previously calculated average price for which there was sufficient data to calculate the average price; or

(b) for the individual animal, the market price.

(2) For buffalo or bison, compensation is the market price.

(3) The market price is the price that might reasonably have been obtained for the individual animal from a purchaser in the open market at the time of valuation if the animal was not required to be killed under this Schedule, calculated by agreement, failing which regulation 15 applies, with the fees for nominating the valuer and the valuer’s fee payable by the Secretary of State.

(1)

OJ No. L226, 25.6.2004, p. 22.

(2)

OJ No L125, 12.05.1984, p58.