Regulation 9 Amendment of regulation 10 of the principal Regulations

For regulation 10(1)(a) of the principal Regulations (powers in respect of certain persons on ships), substitute—

“(a)

in the case of an infectious disease—

(i)

cause the person to be removed from the ship and isolated or sent to hospital or to some other suitable place approved for that purpose by the local authority;

(ii)

in the case of cholera, smallpox or viral haemorrhagic fever, place such person under surveillance for the appropriate period specified in regulation 36(1); or

(iii)

except as provided in regulation 31, the medical officer may, by notice in writing to the master, prohibit the removal of the person or the disembarkation from the ship without the consent in writing of the medical officer;”.