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International Health Regulations Act, 1974 (Act No. 28 of 1974)

International Health Regulations

Appendix 1 : Deratting Certificate

 

DERATTING EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE (a)

Issued in accordance with Article 54 of the International Health Regulations

(Not to be taken away by Port Authorities)

 

Port of

Date

 

This certificate records the inspection and deratting/exemption (a) at this port and on the above date of the ship/inland navigation vessel (a) ………………………………………………of net

tonnage for a sea-going vessel/ ………………tonnage for an inland navigation vessel (a) (f). At the time of inspection/deratting (a) the holds were laden with ………………….tons of ……… cargo.

 



Rat harbourage

Deratting





By fumigation

By catching, trapping or poisoning

 

 

Compartments (b)

Rat indications c)

Discovered (d)

treated

Hold 1




Hold 2




Hold 3




Hold 4




Hold 5




Hold 6




Hold 7




Shelter deck space




Bunker space




Engineroom and shaft alley




Forepeak and storeroom




Afterpeak and storeroom




Lifeboats




Charts and wireless




rooms




Galley




Pantry




Provision storerooms




Quarters (crew)




Quarters (officers)




Quarters (cabin passengers)




Quarters (steerage)




TOTAL




 

Hours exposure

Space (cubic feet)

Quantity used (e)

Rats found dead

Traps set or poison put out

Rats caught or killed






 

a) Strike out the unnecessary indications.
b) In case any of the compartments enumerated do not exist on the ship or inland navigation vessel, this fact must be mentioned,
c) Old or recent evidence of excreta, runs, or gnawing.
d) None, small, moderate, or large.
e) State the weight of sulphur or of cyanide salts or quantity of HCN acid used.
f) Specify whether applies to metric displacement or any other method of determining the tonnage.

 

RECOMMENDATIONS MADE - OBSERVATIONS - In the case of exemption, state here the measures taken for maintaining the ship or inland navigation vessel in such a condition that it is free of rodents and the plague vector.

 

Seal, name, qualification, and signature of the inspector.