Compensation
2.—(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.