Statutory Instruments
1999 No. 3086

IMMIGRATION
The Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 1999

Made
16th November 1999

Laid before Parliament
18th November 1999

Coming into force
19th November 1999

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 1999 and shall come into force on 19th November 1999.

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

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

Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
16th November 1999

SCHEDULECOUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES WHOSE NATIONALS OR CITIZENS NEED A VISA FORPASSING THROUGH THE UNITED KINGDOM


Afghanistan

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Ghana

Iran

Iraq

Libya

Nigeria

People’s Republic of China

Republic of Croatia

Slovak Republic

Somalia

Sri Lanka

Turkey

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, the Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1998 and the Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment No. 3) Order 1998) by adding the Republic of Croatia 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. 1998/2483 and article 2 was amended by S.I.s 1998/55 and 1998/1014.

(3)
S.I. 1998/2483.