Medical
70. A passenger who intends to remaia in the United Kingdom for more than 6 months should normally be referred to the Medical Inspector for examination. If he produces a medical certificate, he should be advised to hand it to the Medical Inspector. Any passenger who mentions health or medical treatment as a reason for his visit, or who appears not to be in good health or appears to be mentally or physically abnormal, should also be referred to the Medical Inspector; and the Immigration Officer has discretion, which should be excrcised sparingly, to refer for examination in any other
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71. Where the Medical Inspector advises that for medical reasons it is undesirable to admit the passenger the Immigration Officer should refuse leave to enter unless he considers admission warranted by strong compassion- ate reasons. He may also refuse leave to enter where the passenger declines to submit to a medical examination. And where the Medical Inspector advises that a passenger is suffering from a specified disease or condition which may interfere with his ability to support himself or his dependants, the Immigration Officer should take account of this, in conjunction with other factors, in deciding whether to admit the passenger.
72. Returning residents or the spouses and children under 18 of people settled in the United Kingdom should not be refused leave to enter on medical grounds. But where a person would be refused leave to enter on medical grounds if he were not a returning resident or the spouse or child of a resident, or in any case where it is decided on compassionate grounds not to exercise the power to refuse leave to enter, or in any other case in which the Medical Inspector so recommends, the Immigration Officer should give the person a notice requiring him to report to the Medical Officer of Environmental Health designated by the Medical Inspector with a view to further examination and any necessary treatment.
73. The entry clearance officer has the same discretion to refer applicants for entry clearance for medical examination as an Immigration Officer to refer passengers to a Medical Inspector and the same principles will apply when he decides whether or not to issue an entry clearance.
Criminal record
74. Any passenger, other than the wife or child under 18 of a person settled in the United Kingdom, who has been convicted in any country, including the United Kingdom, either of an offence included in the list of extradition crimes contained in the First Schedule to the Extradition Act 1870, as amended, or of an offcnce for which a person is returnable under the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967, is to be refused leave to enter unless the Immigration Officer considers admission to be justified for strong compas- sionate reasons.
Subject to deportation order
75. Any passenger who is currently subject to a deportation order is to be refused leave to enter. If he wishes to make representations, he should be
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