{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-swine-regulations-2014/regulation-17A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-swine-regulations-2014/regulation-17A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1894",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-swine-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/17A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17A",
  "heading": "Revocation of a regulation 10A notice",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a notice under regulation 10A must not be revoked until a veterinary inspector is satisfied that sufficient time has elapsed for the virus of disease to have decayed naturally to the extent that the virus will no longer pose a risk of infecting a pig with disease.\n(2) A veterinary inspector, or an inspector acting under the direction of a veterinary inspector, may revoke such a notice of designation in relation to the whole or part of the premises if—\n(a) any required secondary cleansing and disinfection has been certified as satisfactorily completed in accordance with regulation 14(4); and\n(b) subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the premises have been tested for the existence of disease using sentinel pigs with negative results in accordance with regulation 18.\n(3) In the case of African swine fever where the occurrence of disease has not been linked to vectors or classical swine fever, a veterinary inspector may, by way of derogation from paragraph (2)(b), revoke the notice if—\n(a) more than six months has elapsed from the completion of the cleansing and disinfection; and\n(b) the veterinary inspector is of the opinion there is no further risk of the spread of disease.\n(4) In the case of African swine fever where the occurrence of disease has been linked to vectors, the notice must not be revoked until—\n(a) all sentinel restocking has been carried out in accordance with regulation 18; and\n(b) monitoring for the resurgence of disease has taken place for at least 60 days since the day on which the last sentinel pig arrived on the premises.\n(5) Where a notice of designation is revoked, the measures in Schedules 1 and 1A, together with any additional measures imposed, cease to apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 17A inserted (E.W.) (29.4.2026) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/475), arts. 1(1), 3(12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1894/regulation/17A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:09:21.620651+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."
}