(1) Regulations may-

(a) provide in exceptional cases for the payment to occupiers of land or to an importer, a proportion of the cost of any treatment or measures prescribed;

(b) provide for the payment of compensation to any occupier of land or to an importer who has sustained pecuniary loss by reason of any measures taken under this Act.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to entitle any person as of right to receive compensation in respect of measures taken under this Act.