SCHEDULE 4CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF TSE IN SHEEP AND GOATS

Confirmation of TSE in goats

7.—(1) If it is confirmed that a suspected goat, or a body of a goat monitored under Annex III of the Community TSE Regulation, is affected with TSE, the Department, after carrying out the inquiry specified in Article 13(1)(b) and in point 1(b) of Annex VII of that Regulation, shall serve a notice on the occupier of the premises in question informing him that it intends to kill and destroy all the goats on the premises and destroy all embryos and ova from those animals in accordance with Article 13(1)(c) and point 2(b)(i) of Annex VII of that Regulation.

(2) The appeals procedure in regulation 10 applies in relation to any decision under this paragraph.