{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-england-order-2006/article-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-england-order-2006/article-40.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/182",
  "legislation_title": "The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (England) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-england-order-2006",
  "path": "article/40",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Presence of disease in wild animals and declaration of a wild animal infected zone",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall, on confirmation of disease in a wild animal in England, declare an area to be a wild animal infected zone.\n(2) The Secretary of State may, if she is satisfied that disease is present in a wild animal in Scotland or Wales, declare a wild animal infected zone.\n(3) A wild animal infected zone shall be of such size as the Secretary of State considers fit to prevent the spread of disease.\n(4) An area shall remain a wild animal infected zone (or part of one) until—\n(a) such date as may be stated in the declaration;\n(b) the Secretary of State amends the declaration to exclude that area; or\n(c) the Secretary of State revokes the declaration.\n(5) Any amendment or revocation of a declaration creating a wild animal infected zone shall refer to that declaration and state the date and time it is to take effect.\n(6) Any premises which are partly inside and partly outside a wild animal infected zone shall be deemed to be wholly inside that zone.\n(7) Any wild animal infected zone is an infected area for the purposes of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/182/article/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:00.107461+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."
}