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Netherlands and their families and in relation to them override Parts II, III and IV to the extent indicated.

General

60. When an EEC national is given leave to enter, admission should. normally be for a period of 6 months, except in the case of a returning resident or the holder of a valid residence permit. No condition is to be imposed restricting his employment or occupation in the United Kingdom.

Workers, businessmen and self-employed persons

61. An EEC national who wishes to enter the United Kingdom in order to take or seek employment, set up in business or work as a self-employed person is to be admitted without a work permit or other prior consent.

Dependants

62. When a person is admitted in accordance with paragraph 61, the members of the family accompanying the person should be given leave to enter for the same period. The family should be regarded as consisting of the person's spouse, their children under 21, their other children and grandchil- dren if still dependent, and their dependent parents and grandparents.

63. Members of the family (as defined in paragraph 62) of an EEC national who has previously been admitted under paragraph 61 should be given leave to enter in order to join him in the United Kingdom.

PART VI: ASYLUM

64. Special considerations arise where the only country to which a person could be removed is one to which he is unwilling to go owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. Any case in which it appears to the Immigration Officer as a result of a claim or information given by the person seeking entry at a port that he might fall within the terms of this provision is to be referred to the Home Office for decision regardless of any grounds set out in any provision of these rules which may appear to justify refusal of leave to enter. Leave to enter will not be refused if removal would be contrary to the provisions of the Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees.

PART VII: REGISTRATION WITH THE POLICE

65. A condition requiring registration with the police should normally be imposed on any foreign national aged 16 or over who is given limited leave to

enter:

(a) for employment for longer than 3 months, unless he is in one of the

permit-free categories listed in paragraph 31(a), 32, 33(a) or 34;

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