diff --git a/check_empty_zones.py b/check_empty_zones.py
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+import sys
+
+import boto3
+
+
+def get_aws_zones():
+    route53 = boto3.client("route53")
+    zones = []
+    paginator = route53.get_paginator("list_hosted_zones")
+    for page in paginator.paginate():
+        for zone in page["HostedZones"]:
+            zones.append((zone["Id"], zone["Name"]))
+    return zones
+
+
+def is_zone_empty(zone_id):
+    route53 = boto3.client("route53")
+    paginator = route53.get_paginator("list_resource_record_sets")
+    for page in paginator.paginate(HostedZoneId=zone_id):
+        for record_set in page["ResourceRecordSets"]:
+            # Ignore NS and SOA records as they are default
+            if record_set["Type"] not in ["NS", "SOA"]:
+                return False
+    return True
+
+
+def main():
+    print("Checking for empty hosted zones...")
+    empty_zones = []
+    for zone_id, zone_name in get_aws_zones():
+        if is_zone_empty(zone_id):
+            # Remove trailing dot from zone name
+            empty_zones.append(zone_name.rstrip("."))
+
+    if empty_zones:
+        print("The following hosted zones are empty:")
+        for zone in empty_zones:
+            print(f"  - {zone}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    else:
+        print("No empty hosted zones found.")
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/tests/test_check_for_empty_zones.py b/tests/test_check_for_empty_zones.py
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+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+from check_empty_zones import get_aws_zones, is_zone_empty, main
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_boto3_client():
+    with patch('boto3.client') as mock_client:
+        yield mock_client
+
+
+def test_get_aws_zones(mock_boto3_client):
+    mock_paginator = MagicMock()
+    mock_paginator.paginate.return_value = [
+        {
+            'HostedZones': [
+                {'Id': '/hostedzone/Z1234567890ABC', 'Name': 'example.com.'},
+                {'Id': '/hostedzone/Z0987654321DEF', 'Name': 'test.com.'}
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+    mock_boto3_client.return_value.get_paginator.return_value = mock_paginator
+
+    result = get_aws_zones()
+    assert result == [
+        ('/hostedzone/Z1234567890ABC', 'example.com.'),
+        ('/hostedzone/Z0987654321DEF', 'test.com.')
+    ]
+
+
+def test_is_zone_empty_true(mock_boto3_client):
+    mock_paginator = MagicMock()
+    mock_paginator.paginate.return_value = [
+        {
+            'ResourceRecordSets': [
+                {'Type': 'NS'},
+                {'Type': 'SOA'}
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+    mock_boto3_client.return_value.get_paginator.return_value = mock_paginator
+
+    assert is_zone_empty('dummy_zone_id') == True
+
+
+def test_is_zone_empty_false(mock_boto3_client):
+    mock_paginator = MagicMock()
+    mock_paginator.paginate.return_value = [
+        {
+            'ResourceRecordSets': [
+                {'Type': 'NS'},
+                {'Type': 'SOA'},
+                {'Type': 'A'}
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+    mock_boto3_client.return_value.get_paginator.return_value = mock_paginator
+
+    assert is_zone_empty('dummy_zone_id') == False
+
+
+@patch('check_empty_zones.get_aws_zones')
+@patch('check_empty_zones.is_zone_empty')
+def test_main_empty_zones(mock_is_zone_empty, mock_get_aws_zones, capsys):
+    mock_get_aws_zones.return_value = [
+        ('/hostedzone/Z1234567890ABC', 'example.com.'),
+        ('/hostedzone/Z0987654321DEF', 'test.com.')
+    ]
+    mock_is_zone_empty.side_effect = [True, False]
+
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as e:
+        main()
+
+    assert e.value.code == 1
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "The following hosted zones are empty:" in captured.out
+    assert "  - example.com" in captured.out
+    assert "  - test.com" not in captured.out
+
+
+@patch('check_empty_zones.get_aws_zones')
+@patch('check_empty_zones.is_zone_empty')
+def test_main_no_empty_zones(mock_is_zone_empty, mock_get_aws_zones, capsys):
+    mock_get_aws_zones.return_value = [
+        ('/hostedzone/Z1234567890ABC', 'example.com.'),
+        ('/hostedzone/Z0987654321DEF', 'test.com.')
+    ]
+    mock_is_zone_empty.return_value = False
+
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as e:
+        main()
+
+    assert e.value.code == 0
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "No empty hosted zones found." in captured.out