Article 14 Measures where the disease is confirmed in a feral pigI1

Where the presence of the disease is confirmed in a feral pig in Northern Ireland or 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 the disease is suspected to be present.

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.

The Department may take such steps as it considers necessary to ensure that all persons in an infected area 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.

Any holding which is partly inside and partly outside an infected area shall be deemed to be wholly inside that area.

Nothing in paragraph (4) shall deem any area outside Northern Ireland to be inside an infected area.