The Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1979

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I PRELIMINARY

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Regulations not to apply to ships of the armed forces

3. PART II GENERAL

   1. 4. Enforcement and execution of regulations

   2. 5. Appointment and duties of authorised officers and provision of services by health authorities

   3. 6. List of infected areas

4. PART III INCOMING SHIPS

   1. Inspection of ships

      1. 7. (1) The authorised officer may, for the purposes of these...

   2. Direction of ships

      1. 8. Any authorised officer may for the purposes of these regulations...

   3. Examination, etc., of persons on ships

      1. 9. (1) The medical officer may, and if so requested by...

   4. Powers in respect of certain persons on ships

      1. 10. (1) Where there is, or the medical officer suspects that...

   5. Supply of information, etc., by masters

      1. 11. (1) The master of a ship on arrival or already...

   6. Radio permission to enter district

      1. 12. An authorised officer may, when he is satisfied by information...

   7. Notification of infectious disease, etc., on board

      1. 13. (1) The master of a ship shall, in accordance with...

   8. Signals

      1. 14. (1) Where a ship is due to arrive in a...

   9. Maritime Declaration of Health

      1. 15. (1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, where on...

      2. 16. If, within four weeks after the master of a ship...

   10. Restriction on boarding or leaving ships

       1. 17. (1) Where the authorised officer so directs, or where the...

   11. Deratting Certificates and Deratting Exemption Certificates

       1. 18. (1) If the master of a ship which during its...

       2. 19. Upon receipt of an application in writing from the owner...

       3. 20. (1) Every Deratting Certificate and Deratting Exemption Certificate shall be...

   12. Detention of ships, and ships to be taken to mooring stations

       1. 21. (1) On the arrival of an infected ship or a...

       2. 22. The authorised officer may for the purposes of these regulations...

       3. 23. Where on the arrival of a ship from a foreign...

       4. 24. If after the arrival of a ship a case of...

       5. 25. A ship which has been taken to a mooring station...

       6. 26. An authorised officer may detain, or give notice in writing...

       7. 27. The detention of a ship by a customs officer under...

       8. 28. (1) The medical officer shall inspect any ship and the...

       9. 29. The authorised officer may require the master of a ship...

   13. Persons from infected areas

       1. 30. On the arrival of a ship the medical officer may...

   14. Removal of infected persons from ships when required by master

       1. 31. The medical officer shall, if so required by the master...

   15. Additional measures

       1. 32. Without prejudice to any other provision in these regulations the...

5. PART IV OUTGOING SHIPS

   1. 33. Examination, etc., of persons proposing to embark

   2. 34. Infected places in England and Wales

6. PART V MISCELLANEOUS

   1. 35. Compliance with directions, etc., under the regulations

   2. 36. Surveillance

   3. 37. Every person who is placed under surveillance under these regulations...

   4. 38. Charges for services

   5. 39. Recovery of charges

   6. 40. Expenses of health authorities

   7. 41. Saving for mails

   8. 42. Saving for ships unwilling to comply with these regulations

   9. 43. Saving for existing enactments

   10. 44. Revocations

7. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS

   2. SCHEDULE 2

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      DERATTING CERTIFICATE

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      ADDITIONAL MEASURES WITH RESPECT TO THE DISEASES SUBJECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS

      1. PART 1 PLAGUE

         1. A Infected ships and suspected ships

            1. 1. The medical officer may— (a) require any suspect on board...

            2. 2. If there is any rodent infected with plague on board...

            3. 3. On arrival of a ship having on board a person...

         2. B Ships which have been in infected areas

            1. 4. The medical officer may— (a) place under surveillance any suspect...

      2. PART II CHOLERA

         1. Infected ships and suspected ships

            1. 1. The medical officer (a) may place under surveillance any person...

            2. 2. Foodstuffs carried as cargo on board ships in which a...

      3. PART III YELLOW FEVER

         1. Infected ships, suspected ships, and ships which have been in infected areas

            1. The medical officer may require the ship to be disinsected...

      4. PART IV SMALLPOX

         1. A Infected ships

            1. 1. The medical officer shall offer vaccination to any person on...

            2. 2. The medical officer may either— (a) place under surveillance any...

            3. 3. The medical officer shall require the disinfection of the baggage...

         2. B Suspects on other ships

            1. 4. The medical officer may also apply the provisions of paragraphs...

      5. PART V LASS A FEVER, RABIES, VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER OR MARBURG DISEASE

         1. Infected ships and suspected ships

            1. 1. The medical officer may— (a) place any suspect on board...

            2. 2. If there is any rodent on board, the authorised officer...

   5. SCHEDULE 5

   6. SCHEDULE 6

      REVOCATIONS

8. Explanatory Note