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2000 No. 1381

IMMIGRATION

The Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2000

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( 1 ), the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(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

2. —(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 ( 3 ) as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 ( 4 ) . .

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

Revocation

4.The Immigration (Transit Visa)(Amendment) Order 1999( 5 ) is hereby revoked.

Jack Straw

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

19th May 2000

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

( 1 )

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

( 2 )

S.I. 1993/1678 ; the Schedule was last substituted by S.I. 1999/3086 , and article 2 was amended by S.I. 1998/55 , 1998/1014 .

( 3 )

OJ L 1, 3.1.94, p. 3.

( 4 )

OJ L 1, 3.1.94, p. 571.

( 5 )

S.I. 1999/3086 .

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The Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2000 (2000/1381)

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