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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2008 No. 333

PUBLIC HEALTH

The Public Health (Ships) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Made

31st July 2008

Coming into operation

21st August 2008

Contents

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  1. PART I

    PRELIMINARY

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Application of Regulations to ships of Her Majesty’s armed forces

  2. PART II

    GENERAL

    1. 4.Enforcement

    2. 5.Appointment and duties of medical officers and provisions of services by Boards

  3. PART III

    INCOMING SHIPS

    1. 6.Inspection of Ships

    2. 7.Direction of ships

    3. 8.Examination, etc, of persons on ships

    4. 9.Powers in respect of certain persons on ships

    5. 10.Supply of information etc, by masters

    6. 11.Permission to enter Board Area

    7. 12.Notification of infectious disease, etc, on board

    8. 13.Maritime Declaration of Health

    9. 14.Restriction on boarding or leaving ships

    10. 15.Application for a Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate or Ship Sanitation Control Certificate

    11. 16.Production of a ship sanitation certificate

    12. 17.Ship Sanitation certificates: supplementary

    13. 18.Ship sanitation certificates: form; period of validity and retention

    14. 19.Detention of ships, and ships to be taken to mooring stations

    15. 28.Persons from infected areas

    16. 29.Removal of infected persons from ships when required by master

    17. 30.Additional Measures

  4. PART IV

    OUTGOING SHIPS

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

    2. 32.Infected places in Northern Ireland

  5. PART V

    MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 33.Compliance with directions, etc, under these Regulations

    2. 34.Surveillance

    3. 35.Charges for services

    4. 36.Expenses of Boards

    5. 37.Recovery of Charges

    6. 38.Saving for masters of ships unwilling to comply with these Regulations

    7. 39.Saving for existing enactments

    8. 40.Revocation

  6. SCHEDULE 1

  7. SCHEDULE 2

  8. SCHEDULE 3

Go to Explanatory Note

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1), with the consent of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs(2), so far as they apply to officers of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and after consultation with the Secretary of State, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2A(1) to (4) of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(3).

(1)

See section 40 of and paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) and Article 3(6) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)) Back [1]

(2)

The functions of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise were transferred to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs by section 5(2) of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11). By section 50(1) of that Act, a reference in an enactment to the Customs and Excise shall be taken as a reference to the Commissioners for her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Back [2]

(3)

1967 c. 36 (Northern Ireland) Section 2A was inserted by Article 17 of the Health and Personal Social Services and Public Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/2229) (N.I. 24) and amended by section 2 of the Public Health (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 5 (N.I.) Back [3]