# The Public Health (Ships) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, Regulation 17: Ship Sanitation certificates: supplementary

Extent: N.I.

(1) An authorised officer must ensure that a control measure he requires under regulation 15(1)(a)(ii) or 16(3)(a) or (4)(a) consists of methods or materials advised by WHO for these procedures, unless the authorised officer determines that other measures are as safe and reliable.
(2) An authorised officer may require additional health measures to be applied for preventing danger to public health or the spread of infection in accordance with Article 43 of the IHR, including isolation of the ship at a mooring station or otherwise.
(3) The Board must report the application of any such additional health measures required under paragraph (2) to the National IHR Focal Point.
(4) An authorised officer of a port where control measures are applied must note or cause to be noted on the ship sanitation certificate in relation to any case where he is of the view that the conditions under which the measures were carried out, were such that a satisfactory result could not be obtained.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/333/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-ships-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-17
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