{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-aircraft-regulations-1979/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-aircraft-regulations-1979/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1979/1434",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-aircraft-regulations-1979",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) the presence of rodents is suspected on board an aircraft, or\n(b) an aircraft is infected because a plague-infected rodent is found on board on arrival,\nthe authorised officer may require the aircraft to be deratted in such a manner as he may determine.\n(2) The authorised officer may require an aircraft, together with such of its contents as he may specify, to be disinfected in such manner as the officer may determine where the aircraft is infected because an animal infected or suspected of being infected with plague, lassa fever, viral haemorrhagic fever or marburg disease is found on board on arrival.\n(3) The commander of an aircraft which is at an aerodrome or a member of the crew deputed to act on his behalf, or in the absence of the crew the person for the time being in charge of the aircraft shall inform the authorised officer of the presence or suspected presence of rodents on the aircraft.\n(4) Where an aircraft has been deratted the commander of the aircraft or a member of the crew deputed to act on his behalf, or in the absence of the crew the person for the time being in charge of the aircraft shall inform the authorised officer of the arrangements made for the disposal of the rodents.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1434/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:10:42.831767+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}