The Classical Swine Fever (Wales) Order 2003

Temporary Control Zone

10.—(1) Following the service of a notice under article 5, the National Assembly for Wales may, by declaratory Order, establish a zone to be known as a “temporary control zone”.

(2) The location and size of the temporary control zone shall be such as the National Assembly for Wales considers necessary to prevent the spread of disease.

(3) Where a temporary control zone has been established, no person may —

(a) move any pig off a holding, slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard in the zone except in accordance with a licence issued by a veterinary inspector or an inspector acting in accordance with the directions of a veterinary inspector;

(b) move any cattle, sheep, goat, or other ruminating animal off any holding, slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard in the zone which has pigs in it except in accordance with a licence issued by a veterinary inspector or an inspector acting in accordance with the directions of a veterinary inspector; or

(c) move any pig out of the zone.

(4) The restriction in paragraph (3)(c) does not apply to pigs which are loaded onto a vehicle outside the zone and transported through it without the vehicle being loaded or unloaded.

(5) When a temporary control zone has been established in England which touches the border with Wales the National Assembly for Wales may, as it considers necessary, establish such an associated temporary control zone in Wales;

(6) Any holding, slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard which is partly inside and partly outside a temporary control zone shall be deemed to be wholly inside that zone.