Public Health
(Vessels and Aircraft) (Jersey) Law 1950[1]
A LAW to make provision for
preventing danger to public health in connection with the arrival and departure
of vessels and aircraft
Commencement [see endnotes]
1 Definitions[2]
In this Law –
“Minister” means the Minister for Health and Social
Services;
“territorial sea” means the territorial sea adjacent to Jersey;
“vessel” includes any ship or boat, or any other
description of vessel used in navigation.
2 Power of Minister to make Orders
(1) Subject to the provisions
of this Law, the Minister may, as respects the whole or any part of Jersey,
including the territorial sea thereof, make provision by Order –
(a) for
preventing danger to public health from vessels or aircraft arriving in Jersey;
and
(b) for
preventing the spread of infection by means of any vessel or aircraft leaving Jersey,
so far as may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of carrying out any
treaty, convention, arrangement or engagement with any other country,
and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may by
any such Order apply, with or without modifications, to any disease to which
the Order relates, any enactment relating to the notification of disease or to
notifiable diseases.
(1A) Before making any order under
paragraph (1), the Minister shall consult with the Minister
for Sustainable Economic Development.[3]
(2) Any Order made under
this Article may provide for –
(a) the
signals to be displayed by vessels or aircraft having on board any case of
epidemic, endemic or infectious disease;
(b) the
questions to be answered by masters, pilots and other persons on board any
vessel or aircraft as to cases of such disease on board during the voyage or on
arrival;
(c) the
duties to be performed in cases of such diseases by masters, pilots and other
persons on board vessels or aircraft;
(d) the
recovery of monetary penalties in respect of any contravention of or failure to
comply with any provisions of the Order, so, however, that such penalties shall
not exceed those specified in Article 4;
(e) the
detention of vessels or aircraft or of persons on board them,
and may authorize the making of charges and provide for the recovery
of such charges and of any expenses incurred in disinfection.
(3) [4]
(4) [5]
3 Power of entry
The Medical Officer of Health, and any person generally or specially
authorized in writing in that behalf by the Minister, subject to the production
by the Medical Officer of Health or authorized person if so required of
evidence of the Medical Officer’s or authorized person’s authority,
shall have power to enter any premises, vessel or aircraft for the purpose of
executing, or superintending the execution of, any Orders made under this Law.
4 Offences
Any person who wilfully neglects or refuses to obey or carry out, or
obstructs the execution of, the provisions of any Order made under this Law
shall, in a case where no provision is made by the Order for the person’s
punishment, be liable to a fine of level 3 on the standard scale and, in
the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of level 2 on the
standard scale for every day on which the offence continues after conviction:
Provided that the court may, in lieu of or in addition to imposing a
monetary penalty, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3
months.[6]
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6 Citation
This Law may be cited as the Public Health (Vessels and Aircraft)
(Jersey) Law 1950.