http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2913/article/14The African Swine Fever (England) Order 2003texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2020-03-06ANIMALS, ENGLAND;ANIMAL HEALTH2003-12-05This Order, which applies in England, implements Council Directive 2002/60/EC (OJ No L192, 20.7.2002, p 27) revising Community measures for the control of African swine fever. It revokes and replaces the African Swine Fever Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/145) so far as it applies to England.The African Swine Fever (England) Order 2003OrderThe Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014Sch. 5reg. 4(1)reg. 1(1)(c)
Measures where the disease is confirmed in a feral pig14.(1)

Where the presence of the disease is confirmed in a feral pig in England or an infected area is declared in Scotland or Wales touching the border with England, the Secretary of State may by declaratory order, establish an infected area within England of sufficient size to cover the area where the disease is suspected to be present.

(2)

The declaratory order in paragraph (1) may impose any or all of the restrictions and requirements of Schedule 2 in the infected area and may also suspend the hunting and ban the feeding of feral pigs in that area.

(3)

The Secretary of State may take such steps as she considers necessary to ensure that all persons in an infected area are made fully aware of the restrictions and requirements in force in the infected area including requiring occupiers of properties situated within that area to exhibit signs or notices.

(4)

The Secretary of State may by declaratory order impose a ban on the establishment of new holdings in an infected area.

(5)

The Secretary of State may by declaratory order impose a ban on pig breeding in an infected area except in accordance with a licence issued by a veterinary inspector.

(6)

Any holding which is partly inside and partly outside an infected area shall be deemed to be wholly inside that area.