{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-scotland-order-2006/article-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-scotland-order-2006/article-30.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/44",
  "legislation_title": "The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-scotland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/30",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Declaration of protection and surveillance zones on confirmation of the disease in Scotland",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers shall, on confirmation of the disease on premises in Scotland, other than–\n(a) a slaughterhouse or border control post; or\n(b) premises to which infected or contaminated animals have been transported under article 10(1)(b),\ndeclare a protection zone and a surveillance zone in such part of Scotland as they think fit.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may, on confirmation of the disease–\n(a) at a slaughterhouse or border control post in Scotland,\n(b) at premises in Scotland to which infected or contaminated animals have been transported under article 10(1)(b),\ndeclare a protection zone and a surveillance zone in such part of Scotland as they think fit to prevent the spread of the disease.\n(3) A declaration under this article shall designate–\n(a) the extent of the protection zone which shall be an area centred on the infected premises and of at least three kilometres radius; and\n(b) the extent of the surveillance zone which shall be an area centred on the same premises and of at least ten kilometres radius.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 30 substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Agriculture etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/412), regs. 1(1), 17(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/44/article/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:21:43.663517+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."
}