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Regulation 25 Removal of protection and surveillance zones other than zones in EnglandF2I1

England and Wales

(1)

The appropriate authority must keep in place a surveillance zone for at least the following periods—

(a)

in the case of African swine fever, 40 days (but if an intensive testing programme has been carried out then 20 days),

(b)

in the case of classical swine fever, 20 days, or

(c)

in the case of swine vesicular disease, 28 days,

after pigs from infected premises have been killed and until such cleansing and disinfection as the Chief Veterinary Officer considers sufficient has been carried out on those premises.

(2)

The appropriate authority must keep in place a protection zone for at least the following periods—

(a)

in the case of African swine fever, 45 days (but if an intensive testing programme has been carried out then 30 days),

(b)

in the case of classical swine fever, 30 days, or

(c)

in the case of swine vesicular disease, 28 days,

after pigs from infected premises have been killed and until such cleansing and disinfection as the Chief Veterinary Officer considers sufficient has been carried out on those premises.

(3)

In this regulation “intensive testing programme” means testing for African swine fever in accordance with sections F and G of Chapter IV of the Diagnostic Manualf1.

F1(4)

This regulation does not apply to the Secretary of State.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 25(4) inserted (E.W.) (29.4.2026) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/475), arts. 1(1), 3(22)(b)

F2

Words in reg. 25 heading inserted (29.4.2026) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/475), arts. 1(1), 3(22)(a)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 25 in force at 14.8.2014, see reg. 1(1)(c)

Footnotes

f1

Commission Decision 2003/422/EC, approving an African swine fever Diagnostic Manual (OJ No L 143, 11.6.2003, p.5).