S.L. 465.10 Art. 41Master unwilling to comply with regulations.

(1) The master of a ship, on arrival or already at port, who is unwilling to comply with or submit to any provision or requirement made under any applicable regulation, shall notify the medical officer. The medical officer may then require the master to remove the ship immediately from the port.

(2) If before leaving the port the master wishes to discharge cargo or disembark passengers or take on board fuel, water or stores, the medical officer shall permit him to do so but may impose such conditions under these regulations as such officer considers necessary.

(3) When the medical officer has so required the removal of a ship from port, such ship shall not during its voyage call at any other port in Malta.