Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 2724
IMMIGRATION
The Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) Order 2000
Made
3rd October 2000
Laid before Parliament
9th October 2000
Coming into force
10th October 2000
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 8B(5) and (6) of the Immigration Act 1971( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 10th October 2000.
2. The instruments listed in the Schedule to this Order are designated for the purposes of section 8B(4) and (5) of the Immigration Act 1971.
3. Section 8B(1), (2) and (3) of the Immigration Act 1971 shall not apply in any case where:
(a) failure to apply these provisions would not be contrary to the United Kingdom’s obligations under any of the instruments designated by article 2 of this Order,
(b) to apply these provisions would be contrary to the United Kingdom’s obligations under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, agreed by the Council of Europe at Rome on 4th November 1950, or
(c) to apply these provisions would be contrary to the United Kingdom’s obligations under the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 and the Protocol to that Convention.
Barbara Roche
Minister of State
Home Office
3rd October 2000
Article 2
SCHEDULE DESIGNATED INSTRUMENTS
PART 1 RESOLUTIONS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Resolution 1127 (1997) of 28th August 1997 (Angola)
Resolution 1171 (1998) of 5th June 1998 (Sierra Leone)
PART 2 INSTRUMENTS MADE BY THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Common Position 97/759/CFSP of 30th October 1997 (Angola)( 2 )
Common Position 96/635/CFSP of 28th October 1996 (Burma)( 3 )
Common Position 2000/346/CFSP of 26th April 2000 (Burma)( 4 )
Common Position 98/240/CFSP of 19th March 1998 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)( 5 )
Common Position 98/725/CFSP of 14th December 1998 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)( 6 )
Common Position 99/318/CFSP of 10th May 1999 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)( 7 )
Common Position 2000/56/CFSP of 24th January 2000 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)( 8 )
Common Position 98/409/CFSP of 29th June 1998 (Sierra Leone)( 9 )
1971 c. 77 ; section 8B was inserted by section 8 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) .
OJ No. L309, 12.11.97, p. 8.
OJ No. L287, 8.11.96, p. 1.
OJ No. L122, 24.5.2000, p. 1.
OJ No. L095, 27.3.98, p. 1.
OJ No. L345, 19.12.98, p. 1.
OJ No. L123, 10.5.99, p. 1.
OJ No. L021, 26.1.2000, p. 4.
OJ No. L187, 1.7.98, p. 1.