The Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment) Order 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) Order 2000 (“the 2000 Order”) by substituting the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order for the Schedule to the 2000 Order (which was last substituted by the Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”)). Any person named by or under an instrument listed in the new Schedule or falling within a description in such an instrument will be excluded from the United Kingdom (subject to the exceptions specified in article 3 of the 2000 Order).

The effect of substituting the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order for the Schedule to the 2000 Order is to add to, and delete from, the list of designated instruments, and to make some amendments to the list.

The additions to Part 1 of the Schedule are UN Resolution 1822 (2008) of 30 June 2008 (Al Qaida and the Taliban), UN Resolution 1807 (2008) of 31 March 2008 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), UN Resolution 1803 (2008) of 3 March 2008 (Iran), UN Resolution 1792 (2007) of 19 December 2007 (Liberia) and UN Resolution 1793 (2007) of 21 December 2007 (Sierra Leone).

The additions to Part 2 of the Schedule are Council Common Position 2008/844/CFSP of 10 November 2008 (Belarus), Common Position 2007/750/CFSP of 19 November 2007 (Burma/Myanmar), Common Position 2008/349/CFSP of 29 April 2008 (Burma/Myanmar), Council Decision 2006/483/CFSP of 11 July 2006 (Cote d’Ivoire), Common Position 2007/761/CFSP of 22 November 2007 (Cộte d’Ivoire), Common Position 2008/369/CFSP of 14 May 2008 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Common Position 2008/104/CFSP of 8 February 2008 (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Common Position 2008/223/CFSP of 11 March 2008 (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia), Council Decision 2008/732/CFSP of 15 September 2008 (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia), Common Position 2008/652/CFSP of 7 August 2008 (Iran), Common Position 2008/109/CFSP of 12 February 2008 (Liberia), Common Position 2008/160/CFSP of 25 February 2008 (Moldovan Republic), Common Position 2008/81/CFSP of 28 January 2008 (Sierra Leone), Common Position 2006/386/CFSP of 1 June 2006 (Sudan), Council Decision 2007/455/CFSP of 25 June 2007 (Zimbabwe), Common Position 2008/135/CFSP of 18 February 2008 (Zimbabwe), Council Decision 2008/605/CFSP of 23 July 2008 (Zimbabwe) and Common Position 2008/632/CFSP of 31 July 2008 (Zimbabwe).

The deletion from Part 1 of the Schedule is Resolution 1731 (2006) of 20 December 2006 (Liberia).

The deletions from Part 2 of the Schedule are Common Position 2007/173/CFSP of 19 March 2007 (Belarus), Common Position 2007/248/CFSP of 23 April 2007 (Burma/Myanmar), Common Position 2005/440/CFSP of 13 June 2005 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Council Decision 2005/846/CFSP of 29 November 2005 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Common Position 2006/624/CFSP of 15 September 2006 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Common Position 98/240/CFSP of 19 March 1998 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), Common Position 1999/318/CFSP of 10 May 1999 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), Common Position 2000/56/CFSP of 24 January 2000 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), Common Position 2007/86/CFSP of 7 February 2007 (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Common Position 2007/150/CFSP of 5 March 2007 (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia), Council Decision 2007/521/CFSP of 23 July 2007 (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia), Common Position 2004/137/CFSP of 10 February 2004 (Liberia), Common Position 2007/93/CFSP of 12 February 2007 (Liberia), Common Position 2004/179/CFSP of 23 February 2004 (Moldovan Republic), Common Position 2004/622/CFSP of 26 August 2004 (Moldovan Republic), Common Position 2005/147/CFSP 21 February 2005 (Moldovan Republic), Council Decision 2005/890/CFSP of 12 December 2005 (Moldovan Republic), Council Decision 2006/96/CSFP of 14 February 2006 (Moldovan Republic), Common Position 2007/121/CFSP of 19 February 2007 (Moldovan Republic), Common Position 2005/792/CFSP of 14 November 2005 (Uzbekistan), Common Position 2007/120/CFSP of 19 February 2007 Zimbabwe) and Council Decision 2007/235/CFSP of 16 April 2007 (Zimbabwe).

Article 3 of this Order revokes the 2007 Order.