PART 3

Confirmation of bluetongue

Restricted, protection and surveillance zones
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1
The Scottish Ministers must, on confirmation of bluetongue on premises in Scotland, declare an appropriate area a restricted zone.
2
If bluetongue is confirmed outside Scotland by a competent authority, the Scottish Ministers may, if they consider it appropriate for disease control purposes, declare a restricted zone in Scotland.
3
The Scottish Ministers may in declaring a restricted zone declare that an area around infected premises is a protection zone and the area beyond that protection zone is a surveillance zone.
4
A surveillance zone must not include any area in which vaccination against bluetongue using live attenuated vaccine has been carried out in the twelve month period before confirmation of bluetongue.
5
A person must not move an animal out of a protection zone except as authorised by a licence granted by the Scottish Ministers.
6
A person must not move an animal, embryo, ovum or semen out of a restricted zone except as authorised by a licence granted by the Scottish Ministers.
7
A person must not move an animal out of or within a restricted zone if it is showing clinical signs of bluetongue on the day of movement.
8
The Scottish Ministers must grant a licence under paragraph (5) or (6) if the movement is permitted under the Commission Regulation, and the conditions of such a licence must be such as to ensure that the movement is made in accordance with the Commission Regulation.
Art. 16 in force at 24.9.2012, see art. 1(b)