This Order, which extends to Scotland only, amends the Sheep and Goats Spongiform Encephalopathy (Compensation) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”).

The Order principally provides that the amount of compensation payable for sheep and goats caused to be slaughtered by the Scottish Ministers under section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 because they are affected with any transmissible spongiform encephalopathy shall be £30 in the case of a cull animal (as defined in the 1998 Order) and £90 for any other affected animal (also as defined in that Order).

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared in relation to this Order.