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(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 not be discriminatory, in particular—

(i) must not be levied so as to make a distinction based on the nationality, registry or ownership of the ship or containers, cargo, baggage, goods or postal parcels concerned; and

(ii) must 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.”.

Substitution of regulation 40 of the principal Regulations

26.  For regulation 40 of the principal Regulations (expenses of health authorities) substitute—

“Expenses of local authorities

40.  Subject to the provisions of regulation 38, any expenses incurred by a local authority in the enforcement and execution of these Regulations shall be defrayed in the same manner as the expenses incurred by it in the execution and discharge of its other powers and duties.”.

Omission of regulation 41 of the principal Regulations

27.  Omit regulation 41 of the principal Regulations (saving for mails).

Omission of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

28.  Omit Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (International Code of Signals).

Substitution of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

29.  For Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (Maritime Declaration of Health) substitute—

Regulation 15

“SCHEDULE 2

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Substitution of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations

30.  For Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (Deratting Certificate and Deratting Exemption Certificate) substitute—

Regulations 2(1) and 18D(1)

“SCHEDULE 3

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Amendment of Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations

31.—(1) Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations (Additional Measures with Respect to the Diseases Subject to the International Health Regulations) is amended as follows.

(2) For the heading to Schedule 4 substitute—

“Additional measures with respect to some diseases”.

(3) In Part 1 (plague)—

(a) under subheading A (infected ships and suspected ships), in paragraph (2)(a), for “A Deratting Exemption Certificate” substitute—

“A Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate”; and

(b) for subheading B (ships which have been in infected areas), substitute—

“B Ships which have been in areas infected with plague”.

(4) In Part II (cholera), omit “Regulation 9(5)”.

(5) In Part IV (smallpox), under subheading A (infected ships), in paragraph (1), omit “or who does not satisfy the medical officer that he possesses a valid International Vaccination Certificate”.

(6) For the heading to Part V substitute—

“Rabies or viral haemorrhagic fever”.

(7) In paragraph (2)(a) of Part V, for “Deratting Exemption Certificate” substitute—

“Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate”.

Omission of Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations

32.  Omit Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations (International Certificate of Vaccination or Revaccination Against Smallpox).

Transitional arrangements

33.  A local authority or authorised officer must treat—

(a) a valid Deratting Certificate during the period of its validity as if it were a Ship Sanitation Control Certificate; or

(b) a valid Deratting Exemption Certificate during the period of its validity as if it were a Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate.