The Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988

Made: 6th September 1988

Laid before Parliament: 9th September 1988

Coming into force: 1st October 1988

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Title and commencement

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Interpretation

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Public health enactments applied to certain diseases

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Modification of section 35 of the Act as it is applied to certain diseases

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Modification of section 38 of the Act as it is applied to acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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Cases of infectious disease to be specially reported

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Form of certificate

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Weekly and quarterly returns

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Provisions for preventing the spread of certain diseases

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Immunisation and vaccination

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Measures against infected rats

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Confidentiality of documents

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Enforcement and publication

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — THE ENACTMENTS IN THE ACT APPLIED TO PARTICULAR DISEASES

SCHEDULE 2 — FORM OF CERTIFICATE

SCHEDULE 3 — TYPHUS AND RELAPSING FEVER

Measures by local authority

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Addressing of notices

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Authorisation of proper officer

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SCHEDULE 4 — FOOD POISONING AND FOOD BORNE INFECTIONS

Measures by local authority

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Suspected carriers in food trade

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Authorisation of proper officer

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Definition of terms

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Infections to which this Schedule applies

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SCHEDULE 5 — REVOCATIONS

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Edwina Currie — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Health — 1988-09-06

Peter Walker — Secretary of State for Wales — 1988-09-06

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 22.

[^f00004]: See the definition of “proper officer” in section 74 of the Act.

[^f00005]: The International Health Regulations (1969) are published by the World Health Organisation and are available from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.

[^f00006]: See the definition of “notifiable disease” in section 10 of the Act.

[^f00007]: The enactments applied are all sections of the Act which provide for the control of notifiable diseases. Section 11 requires registered medical practitioners to send the local authority certificates in respect of cases of notifiable disease; section 12 provides for the registered medical practitioner to be paid a fee for each certificate under section 11; section 17 creates offences in respect of exposing people to infection; section 18 requires information from occupiers; section 19 restricts persons with notifiable diseases from trading; section 20 provides for the stopping of work; sections 21 and 22 relate to school children; section 23 enables children to be excluded from places of entertainment; section 24 places restrictions on washing and cleaning of infected articles; section 25 is concerned with library books; section 26 prohibits the placing of infected articles in dustbins; section 27 is concerned with the provision of disinfecting stations; sections 28 to 30 impose restrictions in relation to infected premises; section 31 provides for the disinfection of premises; section 32 provides for the removal of persons from infected houses; sections 33 and 34 are concerned with public conveyances; section 35 empowers justices of the peace to order medical examinations; section 36 empowers justices of the peace to order groups of people to be medically examined; section 37 empowers justices of the peace to order removal to hospital; section 38 empowers justices of the peace to order detention in hospital; section 43 provides for the removal from hospital of a person who has died while suffering from a notifiable disease; section 44 provides for the isolation of dead bodies; section 45 restricts the holding of wakes; and section 48 provides for the removal of bodies to mortuaries or for immediate burial.

Editorial notes

[^key-0ae0e0740899d91887eff7903d571cef]: Regulations revoked (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/659), reg. 1(1)(a), Sch. 3; and (W.) (26.7.2010) by The Health Protection (Notification) (Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1546), reg. 1(1)(a), Sch. 3

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