{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-wales-regulations-2008/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-wales-regulations-2008/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2008/1090",
  "legislation_title": "The Bluetongue (Wales) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-wales-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Measures on confirmation of the bluetongue virus",
  "text": "(1) If the Chief Veterinary Officer confirms that the bluetongue virus is circulating in Wales, the Welsh Ministers, on being satisfied ... that this is appropriate for disease control purposes, may declare an area to be a control zone.\n(2) The control zone must include the infected premises, and be of such size as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate for disease control purposes.\n(3) No person may move an animal or germinal product to or from premises in a control zone except in accordance with a licence issued by a veterinary inspector or by an inspector or officer of the Welsh Ministers acting under the instructions of a veterinary inspector.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(1) omitted (23.9.2024) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Application and Amendment of Enactments) (Wales) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/971), arts. 1(2), 4(8)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 12(1) substituted (23.9.2024) by The Exotic Disease (Application and Amendment of Enactments) (Wales) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/971), arts. 1(2), 4(8)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(3) inserted (23.9.2024) by The Exotic Disease (Application and Amendment of Enactments) (Wales) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/971), arts. 1(2), 4(8)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(3) inserted (23.9.2024) by The Exotic Disease (Application and Amendment of Enactments) (Wales) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/971), arts. 1(2), 4(8)(b)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2008/1090/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:58:23.338709+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."
}