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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2003 No. 1598

IMMIGRATION

The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2003

  Made 18th June 2003 
  Laid before Parliament 23rd June 2003 
  Coming into force 24th June 2003 

In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 41 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999[1], the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

     1. This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 24th June 2003.

     2. For Schedule 1 to the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003[2] there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order.


Beverley Hughes
Minister of State

Home Office
18th June 2003



SCHEDULE
Article 2


COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES WHOSE NATIONALS OR CITIZENS NEED TRANSIT VISAS


Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Belarus

Burma

Burundi

Colombia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ecuador

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Gambia

Ghana

Iran

Iraq

Ivory Coast

Liberia

Libya

Moldova

Nepal

Nigeria

Palestinian Territories

People's Republic of China

Republic of Croatia

Rwanda

Senegal

Serbia and Montenegro

Sierra Leone

Slovak Republic

Somalia

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Turkey

Uganda

Vietnam

Zimbabwe


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order amends the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003 by replacing Schedule 1 to that Order with the Schedule to this Order. The effect of this is to add Albania, Belarus, Burma, Burundi, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Moldova, Nepal, Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Vietnam to the list of countries or territories whose nationals or citizens require a transit visa if they travel through the United Kingdom in transit to another country.

Notes:

 [1] 1999 c. 33.back

[2] S.I. 2003/1185.back


ISBN 0 11 046753 1


 
© Crown copyright 2003
Prepared 10 July 2003

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