# The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (England) Order 2006, Article 16: Declaration of a temporary control zone

Extent: E+W+S

(1) On the declaration of any suspect premises the Secretary of State may also declare an area around those premises of such size as she considers fit to prevent the spread of disease to be a temporary control zone.
(2) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that an animal or carcase in Scotland or Wales is suspected of being infected or contaminated, she may declare a temporary control zone of such size as she considers fit to prevent the spread of disease.
(3) An area shall remain a temporary control zone (or part of one) until—
(a) it becomes part of a protection zone or a surveillance zone; or
(b) the Secretary of State is advised by the Chief Veterinary Officer that she no longer suspects infection there.
(4) If the Secretary of State is advised as mentioned in paragraph (3)(b)—
(a) she shall revoke the declaration creating the temporary control zone in question if the area comprises the whole of that zone; or
(b) if the area does not comprise the whole of that zone, she shall amend the declaration so as to exclude that area.
(5) Any amendment or revocation of a declaration creating a temporary control zone shall refer to that declaration and state the date and time it is to take effect.
(6) Any premises which are partly inside and partly outside a temporary control zone shall be deemed to be wholly inside it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/182/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-england-order-2006/article-16
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