Article 53

Geldend

Documentgegevens:

Geldend vanaf 01-01-1982

Redactionele toelichting: Voorheen art. 54. Oorspronkelijk art. 53 vernummerd tot art. 52.
Bronpublicatie:: 20-05-1981, Trb. 1981, 192 (uitgifte: 31-08-1981, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Inwerkingtreding: 01-01-1982
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 20-05-1981, Trb. 1981, 192 (uitgifte: 31-08-1981, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Vakgebied(en): Gezondheidsrecht / Individuele gezondheidszorg

1.

Every ship shall be either:

(a): permanently kept in such a condition that it is free of rodents and the plague vector; or
(b): periodically deratted.

2.

A Deratting Certificate or a Deratting Exemption Certificate shall be issued only by the health authority for a port approved for that purpose under Article 17. Every such certificate shall be valid for six months, but this period may be extended by one month for a ship proceeding to such a port if the deratting or inspection, as the case may be, would be facilitated by the operations due to take place there.

3.

Deratting Certificates and Deratting Exemption Certificates shall conform with the model specified in Appendix 1.

4.

If a valid certificate is not produced, the health authority for a port approved under Article 17, after inquiry and inspection, may proceed in the following manner:

(a): If the port has been designated under paragraph 2 of Article 17, the health authority may derat the ship or cause the deratting to be done under its direction and control. It shall decide in each case the technique which should be employed to secure the extermination of rodents on the ship. Deratting shall be carried out so as to avoid as far as possible damage to the ship and to any cargo and shall not take longer than is absolutely necessary. Wherever possible deratting shall be done when the holds are empty. In the case of a ship in ballast, it shall be done before loading. When deratting has been satisfactorily completed, the health authority shall issue a Deratting Certificate.
(b): At any port approved under Article 17, the health authority may issue a Deratting Exemption Certificate if it is satisfied that the ship is free of rodents. Such a certificate shall be issued only if the inspection of the ship has been carried out when the holds are empty or when they contain only ballast or other material, unattractive to rodents, of such a nature or so disposed as to make a thorough inspection of the holds possible. A Deratting Exemption Certificate may be issued for an oil tanker with full holds.

5.

If the conditions under which a deratting is carried out are such that, in the opinion of the health authority for the port where the operation was performed, a satisfactory result cannot be obtained, the health authority shall make a note to that effect on the existing Deratting Certificate.