# African Swine Fever Order (Northern Ireland) 2003, Article 14: Measures where the disease is confirmed in a feral pig

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where the presence of the disease is confirmed in a feral pig in Northern Ireland or in any place in the Republic of Ireland within ten kilometres of the border with Northern Ireland the Department shall by notice declare the establishment of an infected area in Northern Ireland of sufficient size to cover the area where it is suspected that the disease is present.
(2) The Department may apply any or all of the restrictions and requirements of Schedule 2 in the infected area and may also suspend the hunting and ban the feeding of feral pigs in that area.
(3) The Department may take such steps as it considers necessary to ensure that all persons in an infected area declared under paragraph (1) are made fully aware of the restrictions and requirements in force in the infected area, including exhibiting notices or signs on property situated within that area.
(4) The Department may by notice impose a ban on pig breeding in an infected area or on the establishment of new holdings or both except in accordance with a licence issued by an inspector.
(5) Any holding which is partly inside and partly outside an infected area declared under paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be wholly inside that area.
(6) Nothing in paragraph (5) shall deem any area outside Northern Ireland to be inside an infected area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/494/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/african-swine-fever-order-northern-ireland-2003/article-14
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