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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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ALIENS ACT, 1905.
Rules and Appendix.
In pursuance of the provisions of the Aliens Act, 1905, I hereby make the
following Rules, which shall have effect at the ports (hereinafter called
Immigration Ports) of
Cardiff, Dover, Folkestone, Grangemouth, Grimsby, Harwich, Hull,
Leith, Liverpool, London (including Queenborough), Newhaven,
Southampton, and the Tyne Ports (comprising Newcastle, North
Shields and South Shields, which are to be deemed to constitute one
Port for the purpose of these Rules)
Immigration
Porta.
at which Immigration Officers and Medical Inspectors have been appointed and
Immigrations Boards have been established, and at such other ports as may
from time to time be designated as Immigration Ports.
1. Where leave to land is given (otherwise than after an appeal to the
Immigration Board), it shall be given by the Immigration Officer to the
immigrant, and may be given verbally
Leave to land
given.
2. Where the Medical Inspector is of opinion that an alien is an undesirable
immigrant within the meaning of Section 1 (3) (6) of the Aliens Act, 1905,
he shall state his opinion in the Form No. 1 in the Appendix to these Rules,
and deliver the Form to the Immigration Officer.
Opinion of
Medical
Inspector.
3. Where leave to land is withheld by the Immigration Officer, notice
thereof and of the grounds of refusal and of the right of appeal against the
refusal shall be given by him to the master of the ship, and to the immigrant,
and shall be in the Form No. 2 in the Appendix to these Rules.
Leave to land
withheld.
4. Where an immigrant or other person entitled to appeal against the
refusal of leave to land, desires to appeal, he shall, if practicable, give notice
to the Immigration Officer before he leaves the ship or other place of
inspection, and such notice may be given verbally ; provided that the master,
owner, or agent of the ship may (and shall if required by an immigrant)
within 24 hours after the refusal of leave to land give written notice of
appeal either by delivering to the Immigration Officer a notice in the Form
No. 3 in the Appendix to these Rules, or by sending a similar notice to the
nearest Custom House or Customs Watchhouse.
Notice of
Appeal to
Immigration
Officer.
5. Where the Immigration Officer receives notice of appeal from an
immigrant or other person entitled to appeal he shall forthwith send notice to
the Immigration Board Clerk. Such notice may be in the Form No. 4 in the
Appendix to these Rules.
Notice of
Appeal to
Immigration
Board Clerk.