The Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1979

Appointment and duties of authorised officers and provision of services by responsible authorities

5.  For the purposes of these regulations a responsible authority other than the Secretary of State may, and if so required by the Secretary of State shall—

(a) appoint such medical practitioners, in addition to its medical officer, as may be necessary for the proper enforcement and execution of these regulations;

(b) give directions from time to time as to the duties which are to be performed by any medical practitioner so appointed or any other officer authorised to enforce and execute these regulations;

(c) at or in connection with a customs airport, provide or arrange for the provision of—

(i) premises or waiting rooms for the medical inspection and examination of persons;

(ii) premises for the temporary isolation of persons under these regulations;

(d) at or in connection with a customs airport, arrange for the reception into a hospital of persons requiring to be removed thereto under these regulations;

(e) arrange for the provision of means of transport for the conveyance of persons to any premises referred to in paragraph (c) of this regulation, or to a hospital;

(f) at or in connection with a sanitary airport, provide or arrange for the provision of—

(i) apparatus or other means for cleansing, disinfecting and disinsecting aircraft, persons or clothing and other articles and deratting aircraft;

(ii) a laboratory for the examination of suspected material, or equipment for taking and despatching such material for examination in a laboratory;

(g) do all such other things as in their opinion or the opinion of the Secretary of State, as the case may be, are necessary to enable the provisions of these regulations to be complied with.