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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-international-trains-regulations-1994/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/311",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Health (International Trains) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-international-trains-regulations-1994",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations provide for public health controls in relation to international trains which use the channel tunnel.\nRegulation 2 is an interpretation provision, and regulation 3 is about disruptions to international train services arising out of the enforcement of these Regulations.\nRegulation 4 identifies the responsible person, for certain purposes, on board an international train if the train manager is not on board, and regulation 5 gives the Secretary of State powers to designate certain areas as control areas.\nRegulation 6 contains measures for responding to the presence or suspected presence of stowaway animals on board an incoming international train, and regulation 7 deals with the records of incidents involving stowaway animals which operators of international services are required to keep.\nRegulation 8 contains measures for responding to the presence of someone on board an incoming international train who has or may have a serious epidemic, endemic or infectious disease, and regulation 9 deals with the questions which enforcement authorities may, in specified circumstances, ask certain categories of people who are on board or alighting from international trains.\nRegulation 10 specifies who is to act as an enforcement authority for the purposes of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/311/note",
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  "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."
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