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The Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/1381 · Made 19 May 2000

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IMMIGRATION

Made 19th May 2000

Laid before Parliament 24th May 2000

Coming into force

Articles 1, 3 and 4 25th May 2000

Remainder 14th June 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1A(1) and (2) of the Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987f1, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1987 c. 24; section 1A was inserted by section 12(1) and (3) of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (c. 23).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of the 1993 Order
  3. 3Amendment of the 1993 Order
  4. 4Revocation
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES WHOSE NATIONALS OR CITIZENS NEED A VISA FOR PASSING THROUGH THE UNITED KINGDOM
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Transit Visa)(Amendment) Order 2000.

(2)

Articles 1, 3 and 4 of this Order shall come into force on 25th May 2000, and article 2 shall come into force on 14th June 2000.

(3)

In this Order, “the 1993 Order” means the Immigration (Transit Visa) Order 1993f1.

2Amendment of the 1993 Order

(1)

After article 1 of the 1993 Order there shall be inserted—

“1A

In this Order, “EEA State” means a country which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992f1 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993f2.”.

(2)

In article 2(b) of the 1993 Order, for the words “a member State of the European Communities” there shall be substituted “an EEA State”.

3Amendment of the 1993 Order

For the Schedule to the 1993 Order there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order.

4Revocation

The Immigration (Transit Visa)(Amendment) Order 1999f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

Jack Straw

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

19th May 2000

COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES WHOSE NATIONALS OR CITIZENS NEED A VISA FOR PASSING THROUGH THE UNITED KINGDOM

  • Afghanistan

  • Colombia

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Ecuador

  • Eritrea

  • Ethiopia

  • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

  • Ghana

  • Iran

  • Iraq

  • Libya

  • Nigeria

  • People’s Republic of China

  • Republic of Croatia

  • Slovak Republic

  • Somalia

  • Sri Lanka

  • Turkey

  • Uganda

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Immigration (Transit Visa) Order 1993 (as amended by the Immigration (Transit Visa)(Amendment) Order 1998, the Immigration (Transit Visa)(Amendment No. 2) Order 1998 and the Immigration (Transit Visa)(Amendment) Order 1999) by adding Colombia and Ecuador to the list of countries or territories whose nationals or citizens need a visa for passing through the United Kingdom. The Order also revokes the 1999 Order, which is spent. These provisions come into effect on 25th May 2000.

In addition, the Order amends the 1993 Order (with effect from 14th June 2000) to extend the exemption in that Order, for persons who are also nationals of an EC member State, to persons who are nationals of a State in the European Economic Area.