The African Horse Sickness (Scotland) Order 2012

Control zone, protection zone and surveillance zone S

18.—(1) This article applies where—

(a) premises are infected premises; or

(b) tests under article 15 indicate the existence of African horse sickness virus in a horse or carcase at a slaughterhouse.

(2) The Scottish Ministers must declare a control zone, a protection zone and a surveillance zone, around the infected premises or the slaughterhouse (as the case may be).

(3) A control zone must have a radius of at least 20 kilometres, a protection zone must have a radius of at least 100 kilometres and a surveillance zone must have a radius of at least 150 kilometres, each centred on the part of the premises that the Scottish Ministers considers most appropriate for disease control.

(4) The Scottish Ministers must ensure that within those zones—

(a) premises that contain horses are identified as far as is reasonably practicable and without unduly diverting resources from preventing the spread of disease; and

(b) a veterinary inspector visits in a systematic way as directed by the Chief Veterinary Officer any such identified premises, and—

(i) inspects and as necessary examines the horses; and

(ii) collects and tests such samples as the Chief Veterinary Officer considers necessary.

(5) The measures in the Schedule have effect in relation to premises in a control zone.

(6) When a control zone is revoked, the measures in the Schedule, except paragraph 1(4)(a), cease to have effect.

(7) No person may move any horse, or any genetic material out of a—

(a) protection zone; or

(b) surveillance zone to an area outside any zone,

except under the authority of a licence granted by a veterinary inspector.

(8) No person may move from premises within a protection zone or a surveillance zone any—

(a) ass, donkey, zebra, mule or other hybrid of these except under the authority of a licence granted by a veterinary inspector; or

(b) other horse that shows clinical signs of African horse sickness on the day of the proposed move.

(9) The Scottish Ministers may declare that any other measure considered necessary to reduce the risk of spread of African horse sickness virus applies in respect of the whole or any part of a control zone, protection zone or surveillance zone.