The Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 2065

IMMIGRATION

The Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 1996

Made

5th August 1996

Laid before Parliament

8th August 1996

Coming into force

1st September 1996

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

1.  This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st September 1996.

2.  For the Schedule to the Immigration (Transit Visa) Order 1993(2) there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order.

Timothy Kirkhope

Parliamentary Under−Secretary of State

Home Office

5th August 1996

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

Afghanistan	Libya
People’s Republic of China	Nigeria
Eritrea	Somalia
Ethiopia	Sri Lanka
Ghana	Turkey
Iran	Uganda
Iraq	Zaire

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 1995) by adding Eritrea and Ethiopia to the list of 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(3) of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (c. 23).

(2)

S.I. 1993/1678; the Schedule was amended by S.I. 1995/2621.