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The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2009

S.I. 2009/1032 · Made 21 April 2009 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Immigration

Made 21st April 2009

Laid before Parliament 24th April 2009

Coming into force in accordance with article 2

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 41 and 166(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 33.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and Commencement
  2. 2Citation and Commencement
  3. 3Amendments to the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and CommencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2009.

2Citation and CommencementI1

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) this Order comes into force on 18th May 2009.

(2)

Article 3(3)(b) to (d) comes into force on 1st July 2009.

3Amendments to the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003I1I2

(1)

The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003f1 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In article 2, for paragraph (3A) substitute—

“(3A)

This paragraph applies to a person who holds a passport issued by the Republic of Venezuela that does not contain biometric information held in an electronic chip.”.

(3)

In Schedule 1—

(a)

after “Belarus” insert “Bolivia”;

(b)

after “Lebanon” insert “Lesotho”;

(c)

after “Somalia” insert “South Africa”; and

(d)

after “Sudan” insert “Swaziland”.

Signature

Phil Woolas

Minister of State

Home Office

21st April 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made under sections 41 and 166(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and amends the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003 (the “2003 Order”). The 2003 Order requires certain passengers to hold a transit visa to pass through the United Kingdom without entering whilst transiting to another country or territory.

This Order provides that a person who holds a passport issued by the Republic of Venezuela that does not contain biometric information held in an electronic chip requires a transit visa.

It also has the effect that nationals and citizens of Bolivia, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland will require a transit visa. It removes the temporary exemption from the transit regime available to certain South Africans with a previous travel history to the United Kingdom.