Explanatory note

This Order prescribes the scale of compensation payable for animals slaughtered under section 17 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1950 because they were affected or suspected of being affected with african swine fever or had been exposed to the infection of that disease. The Diseases of Animals (Ascertainment of Compensation) Order 1959 (S.I. 1959/1335) will apply in respect of animals slaughtered on account of african swine fever.