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(a) "the Aircraft Regulations" means the Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1979[3]; and

(b) "the Ships Amendment Regulations" means the Public Health (Ships) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007[4].

Amendment of regulation 2 of the Aircraft Regulations
     2. In regulation 2(1) of the Aircraft Regulations (interpretation) omit the definition of "local authority".

Amendment of regulation 2 of the Ships Amendment Regulations
     3. In regulation 2(1)(l) of the Ships Amendment Regulations (amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations), for the definition of "local authority" substitute—

" "local authority" means—
(a) in relation to a port health district the port health authority; and

(b) in relation to any other district—


(i) the district council,

(ii) the county council for the county in which a district is where there is no district council for that district,

(iii) the London borough council for a London borough, or

(iv) the Common Council of the City of London for the City of London;".

Amendment of regulation 8 of the Ships Amendment Regulations
     4. In regulation 8 of the Ships Amendment Regulations (amendment of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations), omit the paragraph number "(1)", and for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

" (b) for paragraph (7), substitute—


    " (7) The medical officer shall immediately notify the local authority of any directions given to him by the Secretary of State under this regulation.".".





Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health


Caroline Flint
Minister of State Department of Health

4th June 2007



We consent


Mike Hanson

Mike Eland
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

4th June 2007




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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1979[5] ("the Aircraft Regulations") and amend the Public Health (Ships) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007[6] ("the Ships Amendment Regulations"). The Aircraft Regulations provide for public health control of aircraft arriving at or leaving airports in England and Wales. The Ships Amendment Regulations implement in England provisions of the International Health Regulations 2005 of the World Health Organization on ship sanitation certificates and otherwise amend or update the Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1979[7].

Regulation 3 of these Regulations replaces the new definition of "local authority" included in the Ships Amendment Regulations, and regulation 4 makes a further minor amendment to those Regulations. Regulation 2 amends the Aircraft Regulations to omit the definition of "local authority" which is no longer required.

The Regulations come into force on 15th June 2007.

Full regulatory impact assessments of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector are available from Jenny Harper, at Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG, [email protected].



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Notes:

[1] Section 13(4) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22) provides that regulations require the consent of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in so far as they relate to enforcement and execution by officers of customs and excise. The functions of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise were transferred to the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs by section 5(2) of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11). By section 50(1) of that Act, a reference in an enactment to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise shall be taken as a reference to the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.back

[2] 1984 c. 22. Functions of the Secretary of State, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, article 2 and Schedule 1.back

[3] S.I. 1979/1434. S.I. 1979/1434 has been amended by the Public Health (Aircraft) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007, S.I. 2007/1447.back

[4] S.I. 2007/1446.back

[5] S.I. 1979/1434.back

[6] S.I. 2007/1446.back

[7] S.I. 1979/1435.back

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 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 8 June 2007