13.—(1) If the Chief Veterinary Officer confirms that the bluetongue virus is circulating in Wales the Welsh Ministers—
(a)must declare an appropriate area to be a restricted zone;
(b)may, within a restricted zone, declare any area around an infected premises to be a protection zone, and any area beyond such protection zone to be a surveillance zone.
[F1(1A) A surveillance zone declared by the Welsh Ministers must not contain any land where animals have been vaccinated with live attenuated vaccines against bluetongue within the last 12 months.
(1B) No person may vaccinate against bluetongue using live attenuated vaccine in a surveillance zone declared under this regulation.]
(2) No person may move an animal, semen, ovum or embryo out of a restricted zone except under the authority of a licence granted by an inspector.
(3) No person may move an animal out of a protection zone except under the authority of a licence granted by an inspector.
(4) An inspector must grant a licence if the movement is permitted under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1266/2007 as amended from time to time, and the conditions of any licence must be such as to ensure that the movement is made in accordance with that Regulation.
(5) A person is prohibited from moving an animal within a restricted zone if the animal shows clinical signs of bluetongue on the day of transport.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 13(1A)(1B) inserted (10.10.2012) by The Bluetongue (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2403), regs. 1(3), 2(4)