The Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1979

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I PRELIMINARY

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Regulations not to apply to aircraft 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 responsible authorities

    3. 6.List of infected areas

  4. PART III INCOMING AIRCRAFT

    1. Inspection of aircraft

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

    2. Examination, etc., of persons on aircraft

      1. 8.(1) The medical officer may, and if so requested by...

    3. Powers in respect of persons leaving aircraft

      1. 9.(1) Where a person intending to leave an aircraft at...

    4. Notice to customs officer by authorised officer

      1. 10.The authorised officer at a customs airport shall inform the...

    5. Supply of information, etc., by commanders

      1. 11.(1) The commander of an aircraft at a customs airport...

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

      1. 12.(1) Where a member of the crew of an aircraft...

    7. Deratting and disinfection of aircraft

      1. 13.(1) Where— (a) the presence of rodents is suspected on...

    8. Detention of aircraft

      1. 14.(1) When on the arrival of an aircraft at a...

      2. 15.If a customs officer receives in respect of an aircraft...

      3. 16.Where on the arrival of an aircraft at a customs...

      4. 17.The detention of an aircraft by a customs officer under...

      5. 18.(1) The medical officer shall inspect any aircraft and the...

      6. 19.Release of aircraft

    9. Persons from infected areas

      1. 20.On the arrival of an aircraft at a customs airport,...

    10. Removal of infected persons from aircraft when required by commander

      1. 21.The medical officer shall, if so required by the commander...

    11. Removal to sanitary airport

      1. 22.If the authorised officer considers that there should be applied...

    12. Additional measures

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

    13. Avoidance of delay

      1. 24.In applying any measures under these regulation, the authorised officer...

    14. Aircraft alighting elsewhere than at a customs airport

      1. 25.(1) Where an aircraft alights elsewhere than at a customs...

    15. Saving for certain aircraft

      1. 26.In the case of an aircraft which has commenced its...

  5. PART IV OUTGOING AIRCRAFT

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

      1. 27.Where an aircraft is due to depart from an aerodrome...

      2. 28.Where the Secretary of State has, by notice published in...

  6. PART V MISCELLANEOUS

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

      1. 29.Every person to whom these regulations apply shall comply with...

    2. Surveillance

      1. 30.(1) Where these regulations permit a medical officer to place...

      2. 31.Every person who is placed under surveillance under these regulations...

    3. Charges for services

      1. 32.(1) Where the commander of an aircraft is required by...

    4. Recovery of charges

      1. 33.Every charge authorised by regulation 32 shall be recoverable either...

    5. Expenses of health authorities

      1. 34.Subject to the provisions of regulation 32, any expenses incurred...

    6. Saving for mails

      1. 35.Nothing in these regulations shall render liable to detention, disinfection...

    7. Saving for aircraft unwilling to comply with these regulations

      1. 36.(1) The commander of an aircraft on arrival, or already...

    8. Saving for existing enactments

      1. 37.Nothing in these regulations shall affect the Immigration Act 1971...

    9. Revocations

      1. 38.The regulations specified in schedule 4 are hereby revoked: Provided...

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

    2. SCHEDULE 2

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

      1. PART I —PLAGUE

        1. A Infected aircraft

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

          2. 2.On arrival of an aircraft having on board a person...

        2. B Aircraft which have been in infected areas

          1. 3.The medical officer may place under surveillance any suspect who...

      2. PART II —CHOLERA

        1. Infected aircraft and suspected aircraft

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

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

      3. PART III —YELLOW FEVER

        1. Infected aircraft and aircraft which have been in infected areas

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

      4. PART IV —SMALLPOX

        1. A Infected aircraft

          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 aircraft

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

      5. PART V —LASSA FEVER, RABIES, VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER OR MARBURG DISEASE

        1. Infected aircraft and suspected aircraft

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

    3. SCHEDULE 3

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      REVOCATIONS

  9. Explanatory Note