Animal Health Act 1981
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DECLARATION OF PROTECTION ZONES AND A SURVEILLANCE ZONE
1. This declaration is made under article 11 of the Bluetongue (No 2) Order 2007 (“the Order”).
2. Terms defined in the Order have the same meaning in this declaration.
3. The Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed bluetongue on premises in England. The Secretary of State declares that from 14:05 on 13 February 2008:
(i) The area described below in Annex I and Annex II of the Schedule is a restricted zone under the Order (“the Restricted Zone”), being part of a restricted zone extending beyond England under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007(1), in which the measures in article 11 of the Order apply.
(ii) The Restricted Zone is divided into:
- a protection zone comprising the area described in Part A of Annex 1 of the Schedule (“Protection Zone 1”) and a protection zone comprising the area described in Part B of Annex 1 of the Schedule (“Protection Zone 2”); and
- a surveillance zone comprising the area described in Part A of Annex 2 and the areas described in Part B of Annex 2 of the Schedule.
4. The Declaration of a Protection Zone and a Surveillance Zone declared at 16.00 on 8th February 2008 is revoked and replaced by this declaration.
Signed
Andrew Clayton
14:05, 13 February 2008
Authorised by the Secretary of State
Failure to comply with this Declaration may be an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981.
Note – The Restricted Zone is shown on a map at Annex 3 for ease of reference (with Protection Zones delimited in blue and Surveillance Zone delimited in black).
(1) Described as Zone F on the European Commission’s website
SCHEDULE – RESTRICTED ZONE
ANNEX 1
PROTECTION ZONES
PART A: PROTECTION ZONE 1
Protection Zone 1 comprises those parts of England contained within the following boundaries:
From map reference TQ437798 follow a minor road north to a junction at map reference TQ437800. Turn right onto the A112 and continue north to a roundabout at map reference TQ437808. Turn onto the A1020 and continue north to a roundabout at map reference TQ439826. Turn onto the A406(T) and continue north to a junction at map reference TQ413892. Turn onto the M11 and continue north until bridge at map reference TL528259. At this point follow the B1051 east and then north east to a junction at map reference TL612308. Turn left onto the B184 and continue north west and then north to a roundabout at map reference TL543384. Turn left onto the B184 and continue west to a junction at map reference TL539384. Turn right onto the B1052 and continue north to a T junction at map reference TL559465.
Turn left onto the A1307 and continue north west to the junction at map reference
TL522502. Continue north west on the A1307 until a roundabout at map reference
TL467553. Turn right onto the A1134 and continue north to the roundabout at map
reference TL478593. Turn right onto the A1303 until a junction at map reference
TL480593. Turn left onto the B1047 to a junction at map reference TL489612. Turn left onto the A14(T) and continue west until a junction at map reference TL469621.
Turn right onto the A10(T) and continue north to a roundabout at map reference
TL553873. Turn right onto the A1101. Continue east until a roundabout at map reference TL578877. Turn left onto the A10(T) and continue north east and then north to a roundabout at map reference TF625034. Turn right onto the A1122. Continue east to a junction at map reference TF664050. Turn left onto the A134(T) and continue north until a junction at map reference TF638122. Turn right onto the A10(T) and continue north to a roundabout at map reference TF633181. Turn right onto the A149 and continue north east to a junction at map reference TF667230. Turn right onto the A148 and continue east to a junction at map reference TF728256. Turn left onto the B1153 and continue north to a junction at map reference TF771438. Continue straight onto a minor road and continue north to the coast at map reference TF771453.
Follow coast east, south and west until the coast joins the Thames estuary and continue west up the Thames until map reference TQ437798.
Protection Zone 1 also comprises those parts of England that fall within the following Counties, Districts, Unitary Authorities and London Boroughs:
• Kent
• Medway
• Rother
• Hastings
• Wealden
• Mid Sussex
• Reigate and Banstead
• Tandridge
• London Borough of Croydon
• London Borough of Bromley
• London Borough of Bexley
• City of Brighton and Hove
• Horsham District
• Lewes District
• Crawley District
• Cambridge District
• South Cambridgeshire District
• Uttlesford District
• London Borough of Sutton
• Epsom & Ewell District
• Mole Valley District
• Guildford District
• Waverley District
• Wycombe District
• South Bucks District
• Chiltern District
• Three Rivers District
• Hertsmere District
• Dacorum District
• St Albans District
• Watford District
• Runnymede District
• Spelthorne District
• London Borough of Hounslow
• London Borough of Ealing
• London Borough of Hillingdon
• London Borough of Harrow
• London Borough of Brent
• London Borough of Barnet
• London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
• London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
• London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
• London Borough of City of Westminster
• London Borough of Camden
• Bracknell Forest
• Slough
• Windsor and Maidenhead
• Eastbourne
• Epping Forest
• Harlow
• Broxbourne
• East Hertfordshire
• North Hertfordshire
• Stevenage
• Welwyn Hatfield District
• Woking District
• Surrey Heath District
• Elmbridge District
• London Borough of Kingston upon Thames
• London Borough of Lambeth
• London Borough of Southwark
• London Borough of Lewisham
• London Borough of Greenwich
• London Borough of Enfield
• London Borough of Waltham Forest
• London Borough of Merton
• London Borough of Wandsworth
• London Borough of Tower Hamlets
• London Borough of Islington
• London Borough of Hackney
• London Borough of Haringey
• London Borough of Newham
• City of London
Protection Zone 1 also comprises those parts of the counties of Cambridgeshire,
Northamptonshire, and Lincolnshire, and Unitary Authorities of Rutland and City of
Peterborough contained within a circle of radius twenty kilometres, centred on grid
reference:
TF 1522300773
Protection Zone 1 also comprises those parts of the counties of Cambridgeshire,
Norfolk and Suffolk contained within a circle of radius twenty kilometres, centred on grid reference:
TL 4866685853
Protection Zone 1 also comprises those parts of the county of Cambridgeshire contained within a quadrilateral bounded by the following map references:
TF3670005088
TF4023306607
TF3701902097
TF4052804113
Protection Zone 1 also comprises those parts of the county of Cambridgeshire contained within a rectangle bounded by the following map references:
TL1499480789
TL1554380784
TL1501178545
TL1554078539
Protection Zone 1 also comprises those parts of the county of Norfolk contained within a rectangle bounded by the following map references:
TF5513906878
TF5796707505
TF5822803405
TF5569104569
PART B: PROTECTION ZONE 2
Protection Zone 2 comprises those parts of England that fall within the following Counties, Districts and Unitary Authorities:
• Dorset
• New Forest
• Poole
• Bournemouth
• Christchurch
ANNEX II
SURVEILLANCE ZONE
PART A
The surveillance zone comprises Counties, London Boroughs, Metropolitan Boroughs and Unitary Authorities entirely in Protection Zone 1 and Protection Zone 2, any areas in Part B and;
• Bedfordshire
• Buckinghamshire
• Cambridgeshire
• Derbyshire
• Devon
• Dorset
• East Sussex
• Essex
• Gloucestershire
• Hampshire
• Hertfordshire
• Kent
• Leicestershire
• Lincolnshire
• Norfolk
• Northamptonshire
• Nottinghamshire
• Oxfordshire
• Somerset
• Staffordshire
• Suffolk
• Surrey
• Warwickshire
• West Sussex
• Wiltshire
• Worcestershire
• All London Borough Councils, and City of London
• Barnsley
• Birmingham
• Coventry
• Doncaster
• Dudley
• Kirklees
• Leeds
• Oldham
• Rotherham
• Sandwell
• Sheffield
• Solihull
• Stockport
• Tameside
• Wakefield
• Walsall
• Wolverhampton
• Bracknell Forest
• Brighton and Hove
• City of Derby
• City of Kingston upon Hull
• City of Leicester
• City of Nottingham
• City of Peterborough
• City of Stoke-on-Trent
• City of Southampton
• County of Herefordshire
• East Riding of Yorkshire
• Luton
• Medway
• Milton Keynes
• North East Lincolnshire
• North Lincolnshire
• Reading
• Rutland
• Slough
• Southend on Sea
• Swindon
• Telford and Wrekin
• Thurrock
• West Berkshire
• Windsor and Maidenhead
• Wokingham
• York
• Isle of Wight
• City of Portsmouth
• City of Bristol
• North Somerset
• Bath and North East Somerset
• South Gloucestershire
• Torbay
• Plymouth
Those parts of the counties listed below that fall within the named Districts are wholly
within the Surveillance Zone:
• In Cheshire: Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Macclesfield
• In North Yorkshire: Selby
• In Shropshire: Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, South Shropshire, Shrewsbury and
Atcham,
PART B
Areas of the surveillance zone described on the Defra web site at:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/bluetongue/movements/packets-list.htm
ANNEX III
MAP SHOWING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROTECTION ZONES
AND THE SURVEILLANCE ZONE
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