20 (1) Where a quarantine officer has received information pursuant to section 19, he shall, upon the arrival of an aircraft in the quarantine area,
(a) grant permission to the person in charge of the aircraft to disembark all persons and transfer them to a place designated by the quarantine officer for quarantine inspection and to commence ground operations; or
(b) order the aircraft to remain in quarantine, in the ramp area, for quarantine inspection, in which case no one may disembark and no ground operations may commence until the quarantine officer has given his permission.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), "ramp area" means the area provided for loading or unloading passengers or cargo, or for refuelling, parking or maintaining the aircraft.
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