The Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment No. 3)Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 2483

IMMIGRATION

The Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment No. 3)Order 1998

Made

6th October 1998

Laid before Parliament

7th October 1998

Coming into force

8th October 1998

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 No. 3) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 8th October 1998.

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

3.  Article 2 of and the Schedule to the Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1998(3) are hereby revoked.

Jack Straw

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

6th October 1998

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

Afghanistan

People’s Republic of China

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Ghana

Iran

Turkey

Iraq

Libya

Nigeria

Slovak Republic

Somalia

Sri Lanka

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 and the Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1998) by adding the Slovak Republic to the list of countries or territories whose nationals or citizens need a visa for passing through the United Kingdom. It also revokes spent provisions.

(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 substituted by S.I. 1998/1014 and article 2 was amended by S.I.s 1998/55 and 1998/1014.

(3)

S.I. 1998/1014.