# The Public Health (Ships) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007, Regulation 21: Amendment of regulation 34 of the principal Regulations


In regulation 34 of the principal Regulations (examination, etc., of persons proposing to embark)–
(a) for paragraph (a), substitute–
“(a) may examine any person who proposes to embark on the ship if he has reasonable grounds for believing him to be suffering from plague, cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, Lassa fever, viral haemorrhagic fever or Marburg disease; 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 must 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
(b) in each of paragraphs (c) and (d), for “health authority” substitute “local authority”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/515/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-ships-scotland-amendment-regulations-2007/regulation-21
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