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37.—(1) The Department shall, on confirmation of the disease in a wild animal in Northern Ireland, declare an area to be a wild animal infected zone.
(2) The Department may, if it is satisfied that disease is present in a wild animal in the Republic of Ireland, declare a wild animal infected zone in Northern Ireland.
(3) A wild animal infected zone shall be in such part of Northern Ireland and of such size as the Department considers fit to prevent the spread of disease.
(4) An area shall remain a wild animal infected zone (or part of one) until—
(a)such date as may be stated in the declaration;
(b)the Department amends the declaration to exclude that area; or
(c)the Department revokes the declaration.
(5) Any amendment or revocation of a declaration creating a wild animal infected zone shall refer to that declaration and state the date and time it is to take effect.
(6) Any premises which are partly inside and partly outside a wild animal infected zone shall be deemed to be wholly inside that zone.
(7) Nothing in paragraph (6) should deem any part of a premises outside Northern Ireland to be within a wild animal infected zone.
(8) Any wild animal infected zone is an infected area for the purposes of the Order.