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(1) Subject to this article, a wild bird protection zone or a wild bird surveillance zone shall be of such size as the Scottish Ministers consider fit to prevent the spread of avian influenza.
(2) A wild bird protection zone must be centred on the place where the wild bird or carcase was found and its boundaries must be at least three kilometres from that place.
(3) A wild bird surveillance zone must be centred on the place where the wild bird or carcase was found and its boundaries must be at least ten kilometres from that place.
(4) The Scottish Ministers must take into account the following factors in deciding the extent of any wild bird protection zone or wild bird surveillance zone—
(a)the geographical features of the proposed zones;
(b)any administrative boundaries;
(c)any ecological factors;
(d)any epizootic factors;
(e)monitoring facilities; and
(f)any other factor they consider relevant to the effect of the proposed declaration.
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