Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

PART 8
MISCELLANEOUS

32.   Saving as to mails

Save as provided in regulation 39(2), or in Parts A and B of the Schedule, nothing in these Regulations shall render liable to detention, disinfection or destruction any article forming part of any mail conveyed under the authority of the Postmaster General, or of the postal administration of any other Government, or shall prejudicially affect the receipt on board and delivery in due course of any such mail in accordance with the provisions of the Post Office Act.

33.   Health officers to take account of previous measures

In applying measures to an aircraft coming from an infected area, the health officers of every aerodrome shall take into account all measures which have already been applied to the aircraft in any other aerodrome in Saint Lucia or elsewhere and which are duly noted in the journey log-book, declaration form or other record.

34.   Aircraft in certain cases not to be subjected to measures a second time

Aircraft coming from an infected area, which have, in the opinion of the health officer, already been subjected to satisfactory measures either in Saint Lucia or elsewhere, shall not be subjected to such measures, other than disinsectisation, a second time on arrival at another aerodrome if no subsequent incident has occurred which calls for their re-application and if the aircraft has not called at an aerodrome which is, or is within, an infected area except to take in fuel.

35.   Saving in the case of aircraft continuing voyage

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   (1)   If the commander of an aircraft which has landed in Saint Lucia at an aerodrome which is not its final destination does not desire to submit to any measures specified in these Regulations which may be applicable, and notifies the health officer accordingly, he or she shall be at liberty to continue the voyage without such submission. However, if the aircraft has on board a case of yellow fever, or comes from a yellow fever infected area, the health officer may require that it shall be subjected to such of the measures specified by these Regulations in relation to that disease as he or she considers necessary.

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   (2)   Where the commander notifies the health officer as aforesaid, he or she shall not land goods or disembark passengers except with the permission of the health officer and subject to such conditions as the health officer may impose in conformity with the provisions of these Regulations.

36   General duty to comply with orders, instructions and conditions

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   (1)   Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the Quarantine Authority, the health officer or any authorised officer may give such orders and instructions and impose such conditions and take such action as they deem desirable for the purpose of carrying these Regulations into effect.

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   (2)   Every person to whom these Regulations apply shall comply with all such orders, instructions and conditions, and shall furnish all such information as the Quarantine Authority, health officer or authorised officer may reasonably require (including information as to his or her name, destination and address) and every person who has for the time being the custody or charge of a child or other person who is under disability shall comply with any orders, instructions or conditions so given, made or imposed, and shall furnish all such information as aforesaid in respect of such child or other person.

37.   Health officer to furnish certificates of measures taken

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   (1)   The health officer applying measures shall, whenever requested, furnish free of charge to the commander of the aircraft or any other interested person, a certificate specifying the nature of such measures, the methods employed, the parts of the aircraft treated and the reasons for the application of such measures.

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   (2)   The health officer shall also furnish, on demand and without charge, to passengers arriving by an aircraft in which a case of specified infectious disease has occurred, a certificate giving particulars of the date of their arrival and of the measures to which they and their personal effects have been subjected.

SCHEDULE TO THE REGULATIONS

(Regulation 16)

MEASURES TO BE CARRIED OUT IN RESPECT OF AN INFECTED
AIRCRAFT OR AN AIRCRAFT COMING FROM AN INFECTED AREA