Article 39 Confirmation of the disease in wild animals and declaration of a wild animal infected zone

(1)

The Scottish Ministers shall, on confirmation of the disease in any wild animal in Great Britain declare an area to be a wild animal infected zone in such part of Scotland and of such size as they think fit to prevent the spread of disease.

(2)

A wild animal infected zone shall remain in effect until–

(a)

the Scottish Ministers amend the declaration to exclude that area; or

(b)

the Scottish Ministers revoke the declaration.

(3)

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.

(4)

Any premises which are partly inside and partly outside a wild animal infected zone shall be deemed to be wholly inside that zone.

(5)

Any wild animal infected zone is an infected area for the purposes of the Act.

Notes on the whole SSI

Textual amendments

F1: 1981 c. 22, amended by the Animal Health Act 1981 (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3293). The functions conferred under the 1981 Act on “the Ministers” (as defined in section 86 of that Act) are now exercisable by the Scottish Ministers. They were transferred, so far as exercisable within devolved competence, by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.