Singapore legislation
Schedule 2
Schedule 2
SECOND SCHEDULERegulation 4Infected, suspected or other ships arriving at any port in Singapore may be subjected to the following measures:Part A — General(a)Inspection of the ship and the medical examination of all persons on board by a Port Health Officer.
Isolation and disembarkation of the sick or contacts by a Port Health Officer.
Isolation or surveillance or isolation followed by surveillance of contacts or suspects.
Vaccination of disembarking passengers or crew where a Port Health Officer thinks necessary.Part B — Plague
1. No crew member may leave an infected, suspected or any other ship without the permission of the Port Health Officer.
2. The passengers and crew of an infected, suspected or any other ship may be subjected to surveillance for a period not exceeding 6 days from the date of arrival.
3. The parts of an infected or suspected ship which a Port Health Officer considers to be infected and soiled linen, wearing apparel or other articles found on board shall be cleansed of vermin and, if the Port Health Officer considers necessary, disinfected.
4. A Port Health Officer may require infected, suspected or any other ships to be deratted to his satisfaction before or after the discharge of cargo. The Port Health Officer may direct or supervise the measures to be taken when deratting is to be carried out during or after the discharge of cargo. The measures will include isolation and surveillance of personnel employed in the discharge of the cargo and other precautions to prevent the rodents from passing from the ship to the shore.Part C — Cholera
1. The parts of an infected or suspected ship which a Port Health Officer considers to be infected and used bedding, soiled linen, wearing apparel, food and other articles which the Port Health Officer considers to be contaminated shall be disinfected.
2. Discharge of cargo from an infected ship shall be carried out under the supervision of a Port Health Officer who will take measures to prevent the spread of infection including placing the personnel employed under isolation or surveillance.
3. Where a Port Health Officer suspects the drinking water on board an infected, suspected or any other ship to be contaminated, he may cause it to be disinfected, thrown away and replaced with a wholesome supply after disinfection of the tanks. No water tanks containing water as ballast shall be taken in at the infected port unless the water has been disinfected. Human dejecta and the wastewater of an infected, suspected or any other ship shall be disinfected before being discharged into the waters of Singapore.
4. No passenger or crew shall leave an infected, suspected or any other ship without the permission of a Port Health Officer.Part D — Yellow Fever
1. The infected or suspected ship shall be moored at least 200 metres from the shore or at such distance as the Port Health Officer may specify so as to prevent the access of mosquitoes.
2. The infected or suspected ship shall be effectively rid of all mosquitoes on board before the discharge of cargo.Part E — AircraftI. General
1. The measures applicable on the departure of an aircraft from any infected area are as follows:
thorough cleansing of the aircraft;
medical inspection of passengers and crew;
exclusion of any person showing signs and symptoms of any infectious disease as well as contacts and carriers thereof;
treatment of the aircraft with insecticide; and
annotation of the aircraft’s papers to record the carrying out of the above measures.
2. The measures applicable on the arrival of any aircraft from any infected area are as follows:
landing at a place in the airport specified by a Port Health Officer;
medical inspection of crew and passengers and the landing and isolation of the sick. The crew and passengers shall not move beyond the limits specified by the Port Health Officer without his permission.
the master shall place himself at the disposal of the Port Health Officer to answer all requests for information affecting public health and to produce the aircraft’s papers for examination or annotation; and
should the aircraft, on arrival in Singapore, land elsewhere than in the designated airport, the master shall notify the nearest police station to this effect and the police shall communicate immediately with the Port Health Officer. In such a case, no cargo shall be unloaded and no passenger or crew shall leave the vicinity of the aircraft without the permission of the Port Health Officer.II. Plague
3. Where the aircraft has departed or arrived from a plague infected area but there has not been a case of plague on board, the following measures may be taken:
deratting the aircraft and treating it with insecticides or pesticides if they have not been done at the airport of departure; and
surveillance of the crew and passengers for a period not exceeding 6 days from the date on which the aircraft left the infected area.
4. Where the aircraft has departed or arrived from a plague infected area and there is on board a recognised or suspected case of plague, the following measures shall be applied:
after medical inspection of the crew and passengers, the sick shall be immediately disembarked and isolated by a Port Health Officer;
all persons who have been in contact with the sick and those whom the Port Health Officer considers suspect shall be subjected to surveillance for a period not exceeding 6 days from the date of arrival of the aircraft;
the Port Health Officer may require any part of the aircraft, which he considers infected, to be treated with insecticide or pesticide;
deratting of the aircraft if the Port Health Officer suspects the presence of rodents on board; and
if the Port Health Officer considers that the merchandise on board may harbour rats or fleas, the merchandise shall not be discharged except with such precautions as he may direct.III. Cholera
5. Where the aircraft has departed or arrived from a cholera infected area but there has been no cases of cholera on board, a Port Health Officer may subject the passengers and crew to surveillance for a period not exceeding 5 days from the date on which the aircraft left the infected area.
6. If a case presenting clinical signs of cholera appears on board during the voyage, the aircraft shall be subject, at places of call or on arrival, to the following procedure:
after the passengers and crew are medically inspected, the sick shall be immediately disembarked and isolated;
the crew and passengers shall be kept under surveillance for a period not exceeding 5 days from the date of arrival of the aircraft;
a Port Health Officer shall disinfect personal effects, linen and all other articles which in his opinion are infected and the parts of the aircraft which have been occupied by the sick or which he considers liable to have been infected;
if the Port Health Officer has any reason to suspect that the drinking water on board is contaminated, he shall order it to be disinfected and if practicable emptied out and replaced, after the disinfection of the container, by wholesome water; and
persons arriving by such aircraft who wish to remain in Singapore should submit to clinical or bacteriological examinations or other measures for the detection of the cholera vibrio as the Port Health Officer considers necessary.
7. The Port Health Officer may prohibit the unloading of fish, shellfish, fruits and vegetables from any aircraft coming from a cholera infected area.IV. Yellow Fever
8. Where an aircraft has departed or arrived from a yellow-fever infected area, the following measures shall be taken:
inspection of the aircraft and cargo by the Port Health Officer to ensure that they do not contain mosquitoes;
treatment of the aircraft with insecticide where the Port Health Officer considers necessary; and
if a person on board, upon medical examination, is suspected to be suffering from yellow fever or the Port Health Officer is not satisfied that the person has completed a period of 6 days since possible exposure to infection, he may be subjected to isolation either within the airport or elsewhere under conditions approved by the medical officer for a period not exceeding 6 days reckoned from the last day on which that person could have been infected.