{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-ships-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-ships-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/333",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Health (Ships) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-ships-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Application for a Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate or Ship Sanitation Control Certificate",
  "text": "(1) Upon receipt of an application in writing from the owner of a ship or from the master acting for or on behalf of the owner for a ship sanitation certificate in respect of the ship—\n(a) if the ship is within the area of an authorised port, an authorised officer must—\n(i) inspect the ship to prevent danger to public health or the spread of infection with a view to issuing a ship sanitation certificate; and\n(ii) either—\n(aa) carry out or cause to be carried out under the supervision of an authorised officer control measures necessary for the control of danger to public health or the spread of infection with a view to issuing a ship sanitation certificate; or\n(bb) otherwise take or cause to be taken any steps which he considers necessary to satisfy himself that the ship does not present a danger to public health and is free of infection;\n(b) if the ship is not within the area of an authorised port, an authorised officer must—\n(i) consult with a customs officer; and\n(ii) direct the ship to proceed at the risk of the owner of the ship to an area of an authorised port convenient to the customs officer.\n(2) If an authorised officer after he has inspected a ship under paragraph (1)(a) is satisfied—\n(a) that the ship is exempt from control measures, he must issue or cause to be issued a Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate (provided he has complied with paragraph (3)); or\n(b) that control measures have been completed to his satisfaction, he must—\n(i) issue or cause to be issued a Ship Sanitation Control Certificate; and\n(ii) note or cause to be noted on the certificate the evidence found and the control measures taken.\n(3) An authorised officer must wherever possible issue or cause to be issued a Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate only if the inspection of the ship was carried out when the ship and holds—\n(a) were empty; or\n(b) contained only ballast or other material of such a nature or so disposed as to make a thorough inspection of the holds possible.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/333/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:35:14.870017+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."
}