PART 4
SPECIAL SANITARY MEASURES IN THE CASE OF PLAGUE,
CHOLERA, TYPHUS AND SMALLPOX
15. Application of Part 4
The provisions of this Part shall be without prejudice to any other provisions of these Regulations.
16. Infected aircraft and aircraft coming from infected areas
If an infected aircraft or an aircraft coming from an infected area arrives at an ærodrome, the appropriate measures set out in the Schedule hereto in relation to specified infectious diseases other than yellow fever shall be carried out.
17. Aircraft departing from infected areas
In the case of an aircraft departing from an infected area, in which there is infection by a specified infectious disease other than yellow fever, the appropriate measures set out below shall be carried out, that is to say—
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(a) cleansing and disinfection to the satisfaction of the health officer of any parts of the aircraft which, in his or her opinion, require to be cleansed and disinfected;
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(b) medical inspection of passengers and crew, and the prohibition of embarkation or departure of any such person who shows symptoms of any specified infectious disease, as well as any such person in such close relation with the sick as to render him or her liable to transmit the infection of any such disease;
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(c) inspection of the clothing, bedding (if any) and other personal effects of the passengers and crew and prohibition of the loading or carriage of any such clothing, bedding or personal effects which are not in a reasonable state of cleanliness;
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(d) disinfection of clothing, bedding and personal effects as aforesaid at the discretion of the health officer;
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(e) at the discretion of the health officer, disinsectisation of the passengers and crew and their clothing, bedding (if any) and other personal effects, and disinsectisation and deratisation of the aircraft;
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(f) prohibition of the taking on board or carriage in the aircraft of any article which, in the opinion of the health officer, is capable of carrying infection, unless the health officer is satisfied that it has been efficiently disinfected.