{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-aircraft-regulations-1979/schedule-2/part-V/chapter",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-aircraft-regulations-1979/schedule-2/part-V/chapter.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1979/1434",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-aircraft-regulations-1979",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/V/chapter",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Infected aircraft and suspected aircraft",
  "text": "The medical officer may—\n(a) place any suspect on board under surveillance, the period of surveillance being reckoned from the date of arrival of the aircraft;\n(b) require the disinfection of the baggage of any infected person or suspect, and of any other article on board and any part of the aircraft which the medical officer considers to be contaminated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am (E)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/1447",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Health (Aircraft) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (W)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2007/1900",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Health (Aircraft) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1434/schedule/2/part/V/chapter",
    "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."
}