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The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
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- Northern Ireland Statutory Rules
- 2006 No. 42
- PART II
- Regulation 15
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Declaration of a temporary control zone
15.—(1) On the declaration of any suspect premises the Department shall also declare an area around those premises of such size as it considers fit to prevent the spread of disease to be a contemporary control zone.
(2) If the Department is satisfied that an animal or carcase in the Republic of Ireland is suspected of being infected or contaminated, it may declare a temporary control zone in such part of Northern Ireland and of such size as it 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 Department is advised by the Chief Veterinary Officer that he no longer suspects infection there.
(4) If the Department is advised as mentioned in paragraph (3)(b)—
(a)It 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, it 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.
(7) Nothing in paragraph (6) shall deem any part of a premises outside Northern Ireland to be inside a temporary control zone.
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