{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-scotland-order-2006/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-scotland-order-2006/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/196",
  "legislation_title": "The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (Scotland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-scotland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Confirmation or suspicion of H5N1 in wild birds",
  "text": "–\n(1) This article applies if the Chief Veterinary Officer (Scotland) advises the Scottish Ministers that—\n(a) the avian influenza virus of the H5 subtype is present in a wild bird or the carcase of a wild bird in Great Britain; and\n(b) either—\n(i) the Chief Veterinary (Scotland) suspects that the neuraminidase type may be N1; or\n(ii) the neuraminidase has been confirmed as N1.\n(2) If the wild bird or carcase was found in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers must declare an area to be a wild bird protection zone and an area to be a wild bird surveillance zone.\n(3) If the wild bird or carcase was found in England or Wales—\n(a) subject to sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), the Scottish Ministers may declare an area to be a wild bird protection zone or a wild bird surveillance zone;\n(b) the Scottish Ministers must declare an area to be a wild bird protection zone if the wild bird or carcase was found within three kilometres of the border with Scotland;\n(c) the Scottish Ministers must declare an area to be a wild bird surveillance zone if the wild bird or carcase was found within ten kilometres of the border with Scotland.\n(4) An area shall remain a wild bird protection zone until—\n(a) the Scottish Ministers amend the declaration so that the area within its boundaries becomes part of the wild bird surveillance zone; or\n(b) the Scottish Ministers revoke the declaration.\n(5) An area shall remain a wild bird surveillance zone until the Scottish Ministers revoke the declaration.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/196/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:20:12.617338+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."
}