Regulation 22 Amendment of regulation 33 of the principal Regulations

for paragraph (a), substitute—

“(a)

may examine any person who proposes to embark on the ship if that officer has reasonable grounds for believing the person to be suffering from plague, cholera, yellow fever, smallpox or viral haemorrhagic fever; and—

(i)

if after an examination the medical officer is of the opinion that the person shows symptoms of one of the diseases, the medical officer shall prohibit the embarkation of the person;

(ii)

the time and place of an examination shall be arranged—

(aa)

to take into account any other formalities; and

(bb)

to avoid delay;”; and

in each of paragraphs (c) and (d), for “health authority” substitute—

“competent authority”.