The Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014

Protection and surveillance zones

23.—(1) This regulation applies where the existence of disease has been confirmed on premises.

(2) Where the premises comprise—

(a) a slaughterhouse,

(b) a veterinary surgery where a pig has been brought for examination, or

(c) any other place to which a pig has been brought temporarily and the appropriate authority does not consider that place to be the centre of infection,

the appropriate authority may declare a protection zone and a surveillance zone around the premises.

(3) In any other case the appropriate authority must declare a protection zone and a surveillance zone around the premises.

(4) The zones must be centred on the part of the premises that the appropriate authority considers most appropriate for disease control and—

(a) a protection zone must have a radius of at least 3 kilometres;

(b) a surveillance zone around the outside of the protection zone must, subject to paragraph (5), have a radius of at least 10 kilometres.

(5) The appropriate authority may reduce the size of a surveillance zone if approval to do so is obtained from the European Commission.

(6) The appropriate authority must ensure that within those zones, as far as is reasonably practicable—

(a) premises that contain pigs are identified; and

(b) veterinary inspectors visit such identified premises to—

(i) inspect, and as necessary examine, the pigs on the premises; and

(ii) collect and have tested such samples as the Chief Veterinary Officer considers necessary.

(7) The measures in Part 1 of Schedule 3 apply in a protection zone.

(8) The measures in Part 2 of Schedule 3 apply in a surveillance zone.

(9) The measures in Schedule 4 apply in a protection and surveillance zone.

(10) The appropriate authority may in a declaration apply any other measure that it deems to be necessary in order to reduce the spread of disease in respect of the whole or any part of any protection zone or surveillance zone.