# The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Compensation Order 1996, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S

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–
(a)in the case of a bovine animal aged 30 months or over, either–
(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
(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 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom, as amended,
whichever is the higher; and
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3184/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy-compensation-order-1996/article-2
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