Regulation 25A Removal of protection zones and surveillance zones in EnglandF1

England and Wales

(1)

The Secretary of State must keep in place a protection zone until—

(a)

all of the requirements set out in paragraph (2) have been complied with; or

(b)

a restricted zone 3 is declared covering all or part of the area covered by the protection zone.

(2)

The requirements are that—

(a)

all pigs from infected premises in the zone have been killed in accordance with regulation 11, unless regulation 12 applies;

(b)

all carcases of the pigs killed have been disposed of in accordance with regulation 13(1) to (3);

(c)

at least 15 days have elapsed since the day on which preliminary cleansing and disinfection of infected premises in the zone in accordance with regulation 13(5) was completed;

(d)

veterinary inspectors have visited premises in the zone on which pigs are kept in accordance with regulation 27E(1)(b)(ii); and

(e)

where the presence of vectors is suspected on infected premises in the zone where African swine fever has been confirmed—

(i)

an inspector has checked any building on those premises that has housed pigs and the surrounding environment in accordance with regulation 16(1); and

(ii)

vector specimens obtained (if any) have been tested in accordance with regulation 16(2).

(3)

Where a protection zone ceases, the area which formed that protection zone becomes part of the surveillance zone centred on the same part of the premises as that protection zone.

(4)

The Secretary of State must keep in place a surveillance zone until the requirements set out in paragraph (2)(a), (b) (d) and (e) are met and—

(a)

if classical swine fever has been confirmed on premises in the zone, at least 30 days have elapsed since the day on which preliminary cleansing and disinfection of infected premises in the zone in accordance with regulation 13(5) was completed;

(b)

if African swine fever has been confirmed on premises in the zone—

(i)

at least 30 days have elapsed since the day on which preliminary cleansing and disinfection of infected premises in the zone in accordance with regulation 13(5) was completed; or

(ii)

a restricted zone 3 is declared covering all or part of the area covered by the surveillance zone;

(c)

if swine vesicular disease has been confirmed, at least 28 days have elapsed since the day on which preliminary cleansing and disinfection of infected premises in the zone in accordance with regulation 13(5) was completed.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 25A inserted (E.W.) (29.4.2026) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/475), arts. 1(1), 3(23)