# The Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/1381 · made 19 May 2000

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.

Made under: Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1987 (repealed)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-transit-visa-amendment-order-2000/pdf/uksi_20001381_en.pdf

## Introductory text

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 1987, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation, 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 1993.

## 2 Amendment 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 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993.”.
(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”.

## 3 Amendment of the 1993 Order

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

## 4 Revocation

The Immigration (Transit Visa)(Amendment) Order 1999 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.

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-transit-visa-amendment-order-2000
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