A4.40 Recommendation of the consultant physician (26/07/1999)

1. If the consultant physician confirms an applicant (and any accompanying dependants) as having an acceptable standard of health, the application may proceed.
2. If the consultant physician declares any person included in an application as having an unacceptable standard of health, immigration officers must not consider declining the application before they:
   1. advise the applicant of the medical problem, and
   2. allow the applicant sufficient time to provide comment on the medical problem.
3. If appropriate, the immigration officer may refer the applicant's comments to the consultant physician before deciding whether or not to decline the application, but should be aware that the further comment by the consultant physician may itself need to be provided to the applicant for comment if it is new information and is potentially prejudicial.

Effective 26/07/1999