The Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1979

Appointment and duties of authorised officers and provision of services by health authorities

5.  For the purposes of these regulations a health authority may, and if so required by the Secretary of State, shall—

(a) appoint such medical practitioners, in addition to their medical officer, as may be necessary for the proper enforcement and execution of these regulations;

(b) give directions from time to time as to the duties which are to be performed by any medical practitioner so appointed or any other officer authorised to enforce and execute these regulations;

(c) provide or arrange for the provision of—

(i) premises or waiting rooms for the medical inspection and examination of persons;

(ii) premises for the temporary isolation of persons under these regulations;

(iii) apparatus or other means for cleansing, disinfecting or disinsecting ships, persons or clothing and other articles;

(d) arrange for the reception into a hospital of persons requiring to be removed thereto under these regulations;

(e) arrange for the provision of means of transport for the conveyance of persons to any premises referred to in paragraph (c) of this regulation, or to a hospital;

(f) do all such other things as in their opinion or the opinion of the Secretary of State, as the case may be, are necessary to enable the provisions of these regulations to be complied with.