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The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa)(Amendment)(No. 2) Order 2012
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2012 No. 771
Immigration
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa)(Amendment)(No. 2) Order 2012
Made
8th March 2012
Laid before Parliament
13th March 2012
Coming into force
3rd April 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(1).
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2012.
(2) This Order comes into force on 3rd April 2012.
Amendments to the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003
2.—(1) The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003(2) is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1(3)—
(a)after “Ecuador” insert “Egypt”;
(b)after “Liberia” insert “Libya”; and
(c)after “Swaziland” insert “Syria”.
Damian Green
Minister of State
Home Office
8th March 2012
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is made under section 41 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. It amends the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003 (the “2003 Order”). The 2003 Order requires certain passengers to hold a transit visa to pass through the United Kingdom without entering whilst transiting to another country or territory.
Article 2 of this Order requires nationals and citizens of Egypt, Libya and Syria to hold a transit visa if they want to transit the United Kingdom.
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Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2003/2628, S.I. 2004/1304, S.I. 2005/492, S.I. 2006/493, S.I. 2009/198, S.I. 2009/1032, S.I. 2009/1229, S.I. 2011/1553 and S.I. 2012/116.
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