SCHEDULE 6Unlawful feedingstuffs

Compensation2

1

Where an animal is killed because the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to believe that a TSE susceptible animal has been fed or has had access to unlawful feedingstuffs which consist of—

a

specified risk material,

b

any material that the inspector has reasonable grounds to believe carries the risk of TSE infectivity, or

c

animal protein for which the inspector cannot establish the origin of the TSE infectivity risk,

the Secretary of State may pay compensation in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) if the Secretary of State considers it appropriate in all the circumstances to make such payment, and must give such decision in writing to the animal owner.

2

The appeal procedure in regulation 11 applies in relation to such decision.

3

The compensation for—

a

a bovine animal is the value established in accordance with Schedule 3;

b

an ovine or caprine animal is the value established in accordance with paragraph 13 of Schedule 4; and

c

an animal that is not bovine, ovine or caprine, is the market value of the animal at the time it is killed in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 5.