Civil Aviation Act 1949

1 (1) In section one hundred and forty-three of the Public Health Act, 1936 (which empowers the Minister of Health to make regulations with a view to the treatment of certain diseases and for preventing the spread of such diseases) for references to the Secretary of State there shall be substituted references to the Minister.

(2) The said section shall have effect in relation to aerodromes for the time being vested in or under the control of the Minister, and in relation to persons in aircraft arriving at or departing from such aerodromes, subject to the following modifications, that is to say—

(a) in subsection (3) thereof, for the words " shall satisfy the authorities, 'whether county councils, local authorities, or port health authorities, by whom they are to be enforced and executed " there shall be substituted the words " may provide for their enforcement and execution by officers designated for that purpose by the Minister or the Minister of Civil Aviation ";

(b) in subsection (4) for the words " Authorised officers of any such authority " there shall be substituted the words " Officers so designated as aforesaid ".

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by the said section, regulations made thereunder may provide for requiring persons alighting from aircraft to answer questions pertaining to their state of health or their contact with infection.

(4) His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the said section, so far as it relates to such regulations as are specified in subsection (9) thereof, shall apply in relation to aerodromes in Northern Ireland for the time being vested in or under the control of the Minister of Civil Aviation, and in relation to persons and aircraft arriving at or departing from such aerodromes, subject to such exceptions, modifications and adaptations as may be specified in the Order.

(5) His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any regulations made under the said section as that section has effect by virtue of foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall extend, with such exceptions, modifications and adaptations, if any, as may be specified in the Order, to any of the Channel Islands or to the Isle of Man.

For the purposes of this sub-paragraph, subsections (4) and (5) of the said section shall be deemed to form part of the regulations mentioned in this sub-paragraph.