| INDEX | PART I: PRELIMINARY | PART II: ADMINISTRATION | PART III: PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES | PART IV: MENTAL HEALTH | PART V: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS | PART VI: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS, HEALTH CONVENTIONS AND HEALTH PROTOCOLS | PART VII: IMMUNIZATION AGAINST SPECIFIED DISEASES | PART VIII: WATER SUPPLIES | PART IX: FOOD SUPPLIES AND FOOD HYGIENE | PART X: INFANT NUTRITION | PART XI: SLAUGHTER HOUSES AND MEAT HYGIENE SLAUGHTER-HOUSES | PART XII: CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, RADIO-ACTIVE AND TOXIC WASTES | PART XIII: NUISANCE, SANITATION, DWELLINGS , PUBLIC AND OTHER BUILDINGS | PART XIV: PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS RESPECTING TRADE PREMISES | PART XV: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH | PART XVI: GENERAL PROVISIONS

The Public Health Bill, 1999

PART VI: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS, HEALTH CONVENTIONS AND HEALTH PROTOCOLS

Enactment of International Health Regulations and Protocols

70. (1) The Minister shall, immediately after the commencement of this Act if the Minister has not already done so, take to the Parliament of Swaziland or to such responsible authority for the passage into local law the International Health Regulations and the amendments which Swaziland has ratified.

(2) Subsection (1) shall also apply to International Health Conventions, Protocols and amendments to which Swaziland has ratified.

(3) The Minister shall cause the local law to be amended in the manner in which local laws are amended in the event the international instruments mentioned in this section are amended by the international community after compliance with the applicable procedure.

Powers to apply International Health Regulations, Conventions and Protocols

71. (1) The Minister, with the concurrence of the Cabinet or Parliament, as the case may be, shall, by notice published in the Gazette, designate any port of entry into Swaziland as a sanitary or as International Health Regulations port of entry, and in the same manner, cancel such designation.

(2) The Minister may make regulations or issue orders, by notice published in the Gazette, to apply to the sanitary port or to such other international health instruments, which regulations or orders may prescribe fees, and offences and penalties.

(3) The Minister, in consultation with the Cabinet, may do such other acts as the Minister may deem necessary or expedient for giving effect to the terms of the International Health Regulations, International Health Conventions and Protocols.

(4) The Minister shall have the power to appoint or designate, by notice published in the Gazette, any persons, or officers to be health inspectors at the ports of entry into Swaziland who shall ensure the provisions and terms of the international health instruments are observed and complied with.

Regulations

72. (1) The Minister may by regulations, published in the Gazette,

(a) impose, subject to the provisions of the International Health Regulations, Conventions and Protocols, fees and provide for `the recovery of any expenditure incurred in giving effect to the international health instruments;

(b) make provisions for the management, maintenance and inspection of ports of entry and the enforcement of the international health instruments;

(c) make provisions for the transborder movement of toxic, radioactive and hazardous substances and articles; and

(d) make such provisions as appears to the Minister necessary and expedient for the carrying out of and giving effect to the International Health Regulations, Conventions and Protocols.

(2) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, make regulations to apply to any infectious diseases to which the International Health Regulations, Conventions and protocols do not apply as adopted under section 70 subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as the Minister may deem necessary or expedient.

(3) Any regulations made under this Part may prescribe offences and penalties for persons who contravene the provisions of such regulations.

(4) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as limiting the Minister's powers to make regulations provided such regulations are not inconsistent with the international instrument as adopted or made municipal law.