The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006

Declaration of protection and surveillance zones on confirmation of the disease in England or Scotland E+W

32.—(1) This article applies if the National Assembly is satisfied that disease is present in England or Scotland.

(2) If the National Assembly is satisfied that disease is present on premises (other than a slaughterhouse or border inspection post) in England—

(a) it must declare a protection zone if these premises are within 3 kilometres of the border with Wales, and

(b) it must declare a surveillance zone if these premises are within 10 kilometres of that border.

(3) If the National Assembly is satisfied that disease is present at—

(a) any premises in England or Scotland further than ten kilometres from the border with Wales, or

(b) a slaughterhouse or border inspection post in England within ten kilometres of the border with Wales,

it may declare a protection zone, a surveillance zone, or both, in Wales.

(4) A protection or surveillance zone declared under this article is to be in such part of Wales and of such size as the National Assembly considers necessary so as to prevent the spread of disease.

[F1 (5) In this article, “border inspection post” means one that has been listed in Commission Decision 2009/821/EC drawing up a list of approved border inspection posts.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 32(5) substituted (28.3.2019) by The Rural Affairs, Environment, Fisheries and Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/463), regs. 1(3), 5(3)