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The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015

S.I. 2015/1534 · Made 15 July 2015

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Immigration

Made 15th July 2015

Laid before Parliament 20th July 2015

Coming into force 10th August 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 33.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 10th August 2015.

2Amendment to the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014

(1)

The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

After article 4(q) insert—

“(qa)

a valid diplomatic passport issued by South Africa;”.

Signature

James Brokenshire

Minister of State

Home Office

15th July 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014 which requires certain passengers to hold a transit visa to pass through the United Kingdom without entering whilst transiting to another country.

Article 2 of this Order exempts holders of a valid diplomatic passport issued by South Africa from the requirement to hold a transit visa.