{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/african-horse-sickness-scotland-order-2012/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/african-horse-sickness-scotland-order-2012/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2012/178",
  "legislation_title": "The African Horse Sickness (Scotland) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/african-horse-sickness-scotland-order-2012",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Temporary control zone",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where—\n(a) premises are suspect premises; or\n(b) a veterinary inspector has taken samples under article 15(3) from a horse or carcase at a slaughterhouse.\n(2) Where the Scottish Ministers consider it necessary to reduce the risk of spread of African horse sickness virus, a temporary control zone may be declared by the Scottish Ministers around the suspect premises or the slaughterhouse (as the case may be).\n(3) A temporary control zone must be of such size as the Scottish Ministers consider necessary having regard to the risk of spread of African horse sickness virus.\n(4) Within a temporary control zone no person may move any horse or carcase to or from premises or any equipment or genetic material off premises, except under the authority of a licence granted by a veterinary inspector.\n(5) If the Scottish Ministers consider it necessary to reduce the risk of spread of African horse sickness virus, the Scottish Ministers may in the declaration of a temporary control zone impose any other measures.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/178/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:51.771108+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}