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Regulation 15
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 Pt. 1 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
Regulations 2(1) and 18 (1)
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 2 Pt. 1 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
Regulations 26, 30 and 34(3)
1. The medical officer may—
(a)require any suspected person on board to be disinsected and place him under surveillance, the period of surveillance being reckoned from the date of arrival of the ship;
(b)require the disinsecting and, if necessary, disinfection of the baggage of any infected or suspected person, and of any other article on board and any part of the ship which the medical officer considers to be contaminated.
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
2. If there is any rodent infected with plague on board, the medical officer or other authorised officer shall require the ship to be deratted in a manner to be determined by him, but without prejudice to the generality of this requirement the following special provisions shall apply to any such deratting:—
(a)the deratting shall be carried out as soon as the holds have been emptied or when they contain only ballast or other material, unattractive to rodents, of such a nature or so disposed as to make a thorough inspection of the holds possible;
(b)one or more preliminary derattings of a ship with the cargo in situ, or during its unloading, may be carried out to prevent the escape of infected rodents;
(c)if the complete destruction of rodents cannot be secured because only part of the cargo is due to be unloaded, a ship shall not be prevented from unloading that part, but the medical officer or other authorised officer may apply any measure which he considers necessary to prevent the escape of infected rodents, including placing the ship in quarantine;
(d)notwithstanding sub-paragraphs (a) a Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate may be issued for an oil tanker with full holds.
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 2 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
3. On arrival of a ship having on board a person suffering from pulmonary plague, or if there has been a case of pulmonary plague on board a ship within the six days before its arrival, the medical officer may—
(a)carry out the measures set out in paragraph 1;
(b)require any person on board to be placed in isolation for six days reckoned from the date of the last exposure to infection.
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 3 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
4. The medical officer may—
(a)place under surveillance any suspected person who disembarks, the period of surveillance being reckoned from the date of the departure of the ship from the infected area;
(b)regard as suspected any person not isolated for 6 days before departure from an area with an epidemic of pulmonary plague;
(c)require, in exceptional circumstances and for well founded reasons, the destruction of rodents on the ship and disinsecting, but he shall give the master notice in writing of the reasons for the requirement.
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 4 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
1. The medical officer—
(a)may place under surveillance any person who disembarks from a ship, the period of surveillance being reckoned from the date of disembarkation from the ship;
(b)shall be responsible for the supervision of the removal and safe disposal of any water, food (excluding cargo), human dejecta, waste water, including bilge water, waste matter and any other matter which is considered to be contaminated, and shall be responsible for the disinfection of water tanks and food handling equipment.
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 1 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
2. Foodstuffs carried as cargo on board ships in which a case of cholera has occurred during the journey may not be subjected to bacteriological examination except by the health authorities of the country of final destination.
Commencement Information
I8Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 2 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
Commencement Information
I9Sch. 3 Pt. III in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
The medical officer may require the ship to be disinsected for the destruction of vectors of yellow fever which may be on board.
1. The medical officer shall offer vaccination to any person on board or disembarking from the ship who does not show sufficient evidence of protection by previously having had smallpox.
Commencement Information
I10Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 1 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
2. The medical officer may either—
(a)place under surveillance any person who disembarks, the period of surveillance being reckoned from the date on which the medical officer considers the person was last exposed to infection; or
(b)if he considers any such person is not sufficiently protected against smallpox, isolate him for a similar period.
Commencement Information
I11Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 2 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
3. The medical officer shall require the disinfection of the baggage of any infected person, and of any other article on board and any part of the ship which the medical officer considers to be contaminated.
Commencement Information
I12Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 3 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
4. The medical officer may also apply the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Part to any suspected person who disembarks from a ship which is not an infected ship.
Commencement Information
I13Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 4 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
1. The medical officer may—
(a)place any suspected person on board under surveillance, the period of surveillance being reckoned from the date of arrival of the ship;
(b)require the disinfection of the baggage of any infected or suspected person, and of any other article on board and any part of the ship which the medical officer considers to be contaminated.
Commencement Information
I14Sch. 3 Pt. V para. 1 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
2. If there is any rodent on board the authorised officer may require the ship to be deratted in a manner to be determined by him, but without prejudice to the generality of this requirement the following special provisions shall apply to any such deratting:
(a)the deratting shall be carried out as soon as the holds have been emptied or when they contain only ballast or other material, unattractive to rodents, of such a nature or so disposed as to make a thorough inspection of the holds possible;
(b)one or more preliminary derattings of a ship with the cargo in situ, or during its unloading, may be carried out to prevent the escape of infected rodents;
(c)if the complete destruction of rodents cannot be secured because only part of the cargo is due to be unloaded, a ship shall not be prevented from unloading that part, but the authorised officer may apply any measure which he considers necessary to prevent the escape of infected rodents, including detaining the ship;
(d)notwithstanding sub-paragraph (a) a Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate may be issued for an oil tanker with full holds.
Commencement Information
I15Sch. 3 Pt. V para. 2 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
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