111. Power to board any ship and inspect---[(1) The Medical Officer of
Health or Health Protection Officer or any officer of the Ministry of
Health or any person acting under the authority of a Medical Officer of
Health or a Health Protection Officer may at any time board any ship in
any port and enter and inspect any part of the ship, and inspect all
animals and goods on board the ship, and the passenger list, and, with
the prior authority of the Director-General, inspect the logbook and
other ship's papers.]
(2) Where the [Medical Officer of Health] boards any ship under this
section he may require any person on board the ship who in his opinion
may be suffering from any infectious disease to submit to any prescribed
examination, and that person shall submit to such examination
accordingly.
Cf. 1920, No. 45, s. 129
Subs. (1) was substituted for the original subs. (1) (as amended
by s. 4 (2) of the Health Amendment Act 1982, and by s. 98 of the
Area Health Boards Act 1988) by s. 30 (1) of the Health Amendment
Act 1993.
In subs. (2) the words in square brackets were substituted for the
words ``Port Health Officer'' by s. 98 of the Area Health Boards Act
1983.