Statutory Instruments of the Scottish Parliament

(a) ensure that no ship sanitation certificate is issued without prior inspection by an authorised officer with appropriate expertise;

(b) ensure that any control measures required under regulations 19A(1)(a)(ii)(aa), 19B(3)(a)(i) and (4)(a)(i) are carried out by or under the supervision of an authorised officer with appropriate expertise.".

(a) with a view to the treatment of persons affected with any epidemic, endemic or infectious disease and for preventing the spread of such diseases; or

(b) for preventing other danger to public health.".

" (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;".

(a) send by appropriate means before arrival, either directly to the local authority or through an agent approved by the local authority, a radio message, fax, email or other communication complying with paragraph (3) of this regulation; or

(b) where it is not possible to comply with sub-paragraph (a) before arrival, notify the local authority immediately on arrival of the presence on board of such infectious disease or tuberculosis, symptoms or other similar circumstances.

    (2B) Any radio message, fax, email or other communication sent for the purpose of this regulation shall be sent so as to reach the local authority not more than twelve hours, and whenever practicable not less than four hours, before the expected arrival of the ship.".

(a) if the ship is within the area of an authorised port, an authorised officer must–


(i) inspect the ship to prevent danger to public health or the spread of infection with a view to issuing a ship sanitation certificate; and

(ii) either–


(aa) carry out, or cause to be carried out under the supervision of an authorised officer, control measures necessary for the control of danger to public health or the spread of infection with a view to issuing a ship sanitation certificate; or

(bb) otherwise take or cause to be taken any steps which he considers necessary to satisfy himself that the ship does not present a danger to public health and is free of infection;



(b) if the ship is not within the area of an authorised port, an authorised officer must–



(i) consult with a customs officer; and

(ii) direct the ship to proceed at the risk of the owner of the ship to an area of an authorised port convenient to the ship and the customs officer.

    (2) If an authorised officer, after he has inspected a ship under paragraph (1)(a), is satisfied–

(a) that the ship is exempt from control measures, he must issue or cause to be issued a Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate (provided he has complied with paragraph (3)); or

(b) that control measures have been completed to his satisfaction, he must–


(i) issue or cause to be issued a Ship Sanitation Control Certificate; and

(ii) note or cause to be noted on the certificate the evidence found and the control measures taken.

    (3) An authorised officer must wherever possible issue or cause to be issued a Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate only if the inspection of the ship was carried out when the ship and holds–

(a) were empty, or

(b) contained only ballast or other material that is of such a nature or so disposed as to make a thorough inspection of the holds possible.

" (a) any person disembarking from the ship who has come from an area infected with cholera, smallpox, Lassa fever, viral haemorrhagic fever or Marburg disease; and".

" (a) may examine any person who proposes to embark on the ship if he has reasonable grounds for believing him to be suffering from plague, cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, Lassa fever, viral haemorrhagic fever or Marburg disease; and–


(i) if after an examination the medical officer is of the opinion that the person shows symptoms of one of the diseases, the medical officer must prohibit the embarkation of the person;

(ii) the time and place of an examination shall be arranged–


(aa) to take into account any other formalities; and

(bb) to avoid delay;"; and

(b) in each of paragraphs (c) and (d), for "health authority" substitute "local authority".

(a) danger to public health from a ship arriving in its district, or

(b) the spread of infection from a ship leaving its district.

    (2) The services mentioned in paragraph (1) are–

(a) the inspection of the ship, or the application of measures required to be applied to the ship, in connection with the issue of a ship sanitation certificate in respect of the ship;

(b) the extension of the period of validity of a ship sanitation certificate; or

(c) the application, at the master's request, of any other measure that the master of a ship is required by these Regulations to carry out.

    (3) A charge for a service under paragraph (1)–

(a) must not exceed the actual cost of the service rendered;

(b) must be–


(i) published at least ten days in advance of being levied;

(ii) described sufficiently that the owner or master of the ship is reasonably informed of the likely amount of the charge; and



(c) must–



(i) be levied without any distinction based on the nationality, registry or ownership of the ship or containers, cargo, baggage, goods or postal parcels concerned; and

(ii) not distinguish between national and foreign ships or containers, cargo, baggage, goods or postal parcels.

    (4) A local authority may require the whole or part of the amount of a charge for a service under paragraph (1) to be paid or deposited with it before the service is performed.

    (5) At the master's request, a local authority must provide the master of a ship with particulars in writing free of charge of–

(a) measures taken for which a charge under paragraph (1) is made; and

(b) the reasons why the measures were taken.

    (6) At the request of a person in relation to whom measures have been taken, or of a person in possession of articles in relation to which measures have been taken, an authorised officer must provide particulars in writing free of charge of the measures taken for which a charge under paragraph (1) is made.

    (7) Particulars under paragraph (6) shall include the date on which the measures were taken.".

" B Ships which have been in areas infected with plague".