13.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), where on the arrival of a ship, the master—
(a)has a duty to make a report in accordance with regulation 12(1), or
(b)is directed by the medical officer to complete a Maritime Declaration of Health.
(2) The master shall complete a Maritime Declaration of Health in the form set out in Schedule 1, which shall be countersigned by the ship’s surgeon if one is carried.
(3) The master shall deliver the Declaration to the authorised officer, who shall forward it to the Board.
(4) If, within four weeks after the master of a ship has delivered a Maritime Declaration of Health under paragraph (1) or a corresponding provision in force in England and Wales or Scotland, the ship arrives in a Board area or calls at another Board area, as the case may be, the master shall report to the authorised officer any case or suspected case of infectious disease which has occurred on board since the Declaration was delivered and which has not already been reported.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 13 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1