{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-swine-regulations-2014/regulation-27C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-swine-regulations-2014/regulation-27C.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/27C",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27C",
  "heading": "Removal of Restricted Zones",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State must keep in place a restricted zone 2 until—\n(a) veterinary inspectors have visited premises in the zone in accordance with regulation 27E(1)(b)(ii); and\n(b) the Secretary of State, following a risk assessment, considers it is appropriate for the zone to be revoked.\n(2) The Secretary of State must keep in place a restricted zone 3 until—\n(a) all domestic pigs from infected premises in the zone have been killed in accordance with regulation 11, unless regulation 12 applies;\n(b) all carcases of the pigs killed have been disposed of in accordance with regulation 13(1) to (3);\n(c) preliminary cleansing and disinfection of infected premises in the zone has been carried out in accordance with regulation 13(5);\n(d) veterinary inspectors have visited premises in the zone in accordance with regulation 27E(1)(b)(ii); and\n(e) the Secretary of State, following a risk assessment, considers it is appropriate for the zone to be revoked.\n(3) The Secretary of State must keep in place a restricted zone 1 until the restricted zone 2 or restricted zone 3 it surrounds has been revoked.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pts. 6A-6E inserted (E.W.) (29.4.2026) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/475), arts. 1(1), 3(25)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1894/regulation/27C",
    "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."
}