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If the specification of the new oven says the oven uses over 3k watts then it will need a new connection and will not come with the 13amp plug on it. Some of the smaller Neff ovens are 13amp plugs, personally I prefer them to Zanussi. If you get an oven with a grill that can be operated when the cooker element is on it's unlikely to be under 3k watts.
On the Zanussi site under the details tab they give the fuse size for the ovens rated in amps, if it's 13 amp it will be fine for your socket. The socket should be marked cooker according to the latest regs.
Airhead
Thanks, should have explained more clearly... I can see the current unit is wired in to a socket in the cupboard next to it (along with something else plugged in next to it, probably the extractor hood), my question was more about what happens if a newer oven needs to be wired in to the circuit directly rather than via a plug/socket. What kind of shenanigans is required then.
It's a 10+ year old MFI fitted kitchen so I don't know too much of what lies beneath/behind, but from the bits I can see by removing the kickboards it seems mostly sensible.
If I can find a new one the same size that can just be plugged in I'd be happy to do it all myself, but the info and the reviews of various Zanussi models on the John Lewis site seem contradictory.