The Rabies (Compensation) Order 1976
Under the Rabies (Control) Order 1974, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is given power to slaughter any animal to which that order applies which is affected with or suspected of being affected with rabies, or which has been exposed to the infection of that disease. The present Order fixes the amount of compensation payable in respect of a slaughtered animal, and provides that, in the case of an animal affected with rabies at the time of its slaughter, compensation shall be payable at the rate of 50 per cent of the market value of the animal immediately before it contracted the disease. In all other cases, the compensation will consist of the full market value of the animal immediately before slaughter.