Transport: Environmental Health
(asked on 24th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the status is of the Health Protection (Ships and Aircraft) Regulations.
This question was answered on 29th January 2018
Port health in England is regulated by the Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1979 and Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1979. The Regulations cover measures such as: notification of possible infection or contamination on board a ship/aircraft; risk assessment of people, including medical examination and/or detention and general powers to provide information.
There are no current plans to amend or replace the regulations.