S.L. 465.10 Art. 8Duty of authorised officer.

(1) An authorised officer may, for the purposes of these regulations, inspect any ship on arrival or already in port.

(2) The authorised officer shall -

(a) inspect on arrival any ship in respect of which the master has sent to the local authority a message or notification under regulation 14(1)(a)(ii) and (iii), (b) or (c), and

(b) inspect any ship already at the port when he has reasonable grounds for believing that there is on board a case or suspected case of infectious disease.

(3) The inspection of a ship under sub-regulations (1) and (2) may include taking from the ship samples of food and water for of analysis or examination.

(4) The analysis and examination under sub-regulation (3) shall be made -

(a) with a view to the treatment of persons affected with any epidemic, endemic or infectious disease and for preventing the spread of diseases; or convenient place for the purpose of medical inspection.