Regulation 33

If a Port Health Officer on inspection of any vessel in port finds any decaying animal or vegetable matter, fruit, water, rubbish, dirt, filth or other matter, which in his opinion is likely to be injurious to health or to create a nuisance, he may serve a notice on the master, agent or owner of the vessel to abate the nuisance within such period as he may specify in the notice.

If the nuisance is not abated within that time, the master, agent or owner shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 and to a further fine not exceeding $100 for every day during which the offence is continued after conviction.

If a Port Health Officer on inspection of any vessel finds any part thereof to be in a dirty or insanitary state, he may order the master, owner or agent of the vessel to carry out to his satisfaction such cleansing, disinfection, whitewashing or painting as he may direct.

Any master, owner or agent who neglects to comply with any order by a Port Health Officer under paragraph (3) within such time as he may specify shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 and to a further fine not exceeding $100 for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.

At the discretion of a Port Health Officer, any offensive articles mentioned in this regulation may be discharged, and the vessel may, at the owner’s or agent’s expense, be disinfected under the supervision of a Port Health Officer.