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City of London 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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w^tlTregard ^or ParPose of enabling the Immigration Officer to satisfy himself
to Trans- that any passenger included in a Return of Transmigrants in respect of any
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immigrant ship is an alien passenger within the meaning of Section 8(1) (6)
of the Aliens Act, 1905, no passenger so included shall, except where the
Secretary of State has sanctioned conditional disembarkation for the purpose,
be allowed to leave the ship before the Immigration Officer has satisfied himself
of the accuracy of that Return.
Conditional 7. Conditional disembarkation of immigrants may be sanctioned by the
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ti°n- Secretary of State when he is satisfied that proper provision has been made in
a place and under conditions approved by him for the accommodation, maintenance,
control, and safe custody of the immigrant so disembarked.
Security 8. Where security is required by the Secretary of State to be given for the
tionai Dis- conditional disembarkation of immigrants it shall .be by bond, and shall be
given by the master of the ship unless in any case the owner of a ship has
given, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State, security by bond covering
all ships owned by him arriving at the port or ports where conditional
disembarkation has been sanctioned.
Conditional 9. Where an immigrant should, in the opinion of the Port Medical Officer
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tiontoa of Health or Medical Inspector, be removed from an immigrant ship for
treatment or observation at a hospital, he shall be conditionally disembarked
for the purpose, and shall be liable, before release from the hospital, to inspection
for the purposes of the Act.
Conditional ] 0. Where an immigrant, or the master, owner, or agent of a ship, appeals
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tion for against a refusal of leave to land, the immigrant shall, unless otherwise
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ordered, be disembarked for the purpose of being brought before an
Immigration Board, and shall be dealt with as conditionally disembarked
until leave to land has been given or he has been re-embarked for the purpose
of leaving the United Kingdom.
immigration 11. For every Immigration Port there shall be an Immigration Board
Board Clerk. ,
Clerk.
Assistants to 12. The Medical Inspector and the Immigration Board Clerk, when unable
personally to perform their duties under the Act or these Rules, may act
through a duly qualified assistant under such conditions as the Secretary of
State may from time to time impose.
Duties of 13. The duties of the Immigration Board Clerk shall be to act as clerk to
the Immigration Board, and in particular—
(a) To keep a list of the persons nominated by the Secretary of State for
service on the Immigration Boards.
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(b) To summon Boards for the purpose of considering any appeals of
which he receives notice from the Immigration Officer.