Article 2 InterpretationF1I1

In this Order–

• “affected animal” means a bovine animal which is affected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy;

• “barrener cattle” means adult female bovine animals which have had one or more calves and which are being sold for either immediate slaughter or further fattening before slaughter;

• “bovine animal” means a bull, cow, steer, heifer or calf;

• “exposed animal” means a bovine animal which has been exposed to the infection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy;

• “indicative market price” means a price calculated in accordance with Schedule 1 to this Order;

• “market value” means–

  1. (a)

     in the case of a bovine animal aged 30 months or over, either–

     1. (i)

        the price which might reasonably have been obtained for it at the time of valuation from a purchaser in the open market if the animal were not an affected, suspected or exposed animal; or

     2. (ii)

        the purchase price which would have applied had the animal been slaughtered at the time of valuation in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 716/96^f1 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom, as amended^f2,

     whichever is the higher; and

  2. (b)

     in the case of a bovine animal aged under 30 months, the price which might reasonably have been obtained for it at the time of valuation from a purchaser in the open market if the animal were not an affected, suspected or exposed animal; and

• “suspected animal” means a bovine animal which is suspected of being affected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy.