Amendment of regulation 10 of the principal Regulations

8.  In regulation 10(1) of the principal Regulations (powers in respect of certain persons on ships), for paragraph (a) substitute–

“(a) in the case of–

(i) an infectious disease, cause the person to be removed from the ship and isolated or sent to hospital or to some other suitable place approved for that purpose by the local authority;

(ii) cholera, smallpox or viral haemorrhagic fever, place such person under surveillance for the appropriate period specified in regulation 37(1); or

(iii) an infectious disease, except as provided in regulation 32, by notice in writing to the master, prohibit the removal of the person or his disembarking from the ship without the consent in writing of the medical officer;”.