Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

PART 3
GENERAL SANITARY PROVISIONS

7.   Duties of commander

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   (1)   The commander of every aircraft arriving in Saint Lucia shall—

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      (a)     as long as possible before arrival, inform the health officer or an authorised officer by wireless of any death, and of any case or suspected case of infectious disease, on board the aircraft;

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      (b)     on arrival—

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         (i)     answer all questions as to health conditions on board, which may be put to him by the health officer or an authorised officer, and furnish either or both of them with all such information and assistance as may reasonably be required for the purposes of these Regulations, and

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         (ii)     make and present to a health officer or an authorised officer a declaration of health in a form approved by the Quarantine Authority, in which shall be set out the places of call and any facts relevant to public health which have arisen in the aircraft in the course of the voyage and any health measures undergone by the aircraft, the crew and the passengers before departure and at places of call.

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   (2)   The commander of an aircraft who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this regulation commits an offence.

8.   Duties of crew and passengers

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   (1)   Every member of the crew and passenger of an aircraft arriving in Saint Lucia shall furnish all such information as may reasonably be required by the health officer or an authorised officer, including information as to his or her name, state of health and origin, and information as to places recently visited, his or her destination and his or her address there, and shall, if so required by the health officer or an authorised officer complete and sign a certificate of origin and destination in a form approved by the Quarantine Authority.

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   (2)   A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this regulation commits an offence.

9.   Detention of aircraft by an authorised officer

When an aircraft arrives in Saint Lucia and it appears to an authorised officer from information given to him or her by the commander, crew or passengers or from the journey log-book or declaration of health that—

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   (a)     during the voyage there has been in the aircraft a death otherwise than by accident or a case of illness caused or suspected to be caused by an infectious disease; or

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   (b)     that the aircraft is an infected aircraft or an aircraft coming from an infected area,

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   he or she shall order that the aircraft be detained and shall immediately report the matter to the health officer and to the person in charge of the ærodrome, and the health officer shall take such action as may be appropriate under these Regulations.

10.   Powers of health officer

Without prejudice to any other provisions of these Regulations, the health officer may, in relation to any aircraft arriving at an ærodrome in Saint Lucia—

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   (a)     medically inspect the crew and passengers;

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   (b)     detain any such persons for medical examination;

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   (c)     prohibit any such persons from leaving the ærodrome save upon such specified conditions as appear to the health officer to be reasonably necessary to prevent the spread of infection;

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   (d)     order that the aircraft be detained (notifying such order to the person in charge of the ærodrome) to enable such action as may be appropriate under these Regulations to be taken. However, an aircraft shall not be detained longer than is necessary for the taking of such action;

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   (e)     if the aircraft has arrived from an area from which it is liable to bring insect vectors of malaria or other diseases, order that the aircraft shall be disinfected.

11.   Measures to be applied on the landing of sick persons

If there is on board an aircraft arriving at an ærodrome in Saint Lucia a case of infectious disease other than a specified infectious disease, duly so verified by the health officer, the sick person may be landed and, at the discretion of the health officer, isolated, and such other sanitary measures as such officer may consider desirable shall be applied; the other passengers and crew shall have the right to continue the voyage after medical inspection and the application of the appropriate sanitary measures, such measures being so arranged that the aircraft is detained as short a time as possible.

12.   Discharge of matter from aircraft

The discharge from aircraft of matter capable of producing an outbreak of infectious disease is prohibited, and any person who shall contravene this prohibition commits an offence.

13.   Observation and surveillance

These Regulations have effect as though Part 8 of the Quarantine (Maritime) Regulations, and any regulations amending or replacing, were incorporated in these Regulations. However—

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   (a)     in the case of persons in transit who are liable to surveillance under these Regulations, the health officer may permit them to continue their voyage but shall take such steps as he or she may consider appropriate to notify the sanitary authorities of the place to which they are proceeding;

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   (b)     in the case of persons in transit who are liable to observation in respect of specified infectious diseases other than yellow fever, the health officer may permit them to continue their voyage if he or she is satisfied that the sanitary authorities of the places to which they are proceeding do not object to this course.

14.   General powers in relation to aircraft departing

The health officer may, before the departure of an aircraft, medically inspect the passengers and crew and may prohibit the embarkation of any person with symptoms of any infectious disease. In the absence of the health officer, the person in charge of the ærodrome or any authorised officer shall have power to defer the departure of any person until he or she has been medically inspected.