Appendix 4 S.I. 2004/1304: memorandum
from the Home Office
Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment)
Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1304)
1. This memorandum is submitted to the Joint Committee
on Statutory Instruments in response to its query on the following
point in respect of the above Order:
The last sentence of the explanatory note states
that article 2(3) adds Kenya and Tanzania to the list of countries
whose nationals or citizens do not need a transit
visa. Does the Department not agree that the effect of that article
is that nationals or citizens of those two countries are required
to hold a transit visa?
2. The Home Office agrees with the Committee's description
of the effect of article 2(3) and offers its apologies for this
oversight in the drafting of the explanatory note. In fact, this
point had been identified by the Home Office prior to receipt
of the Committee's request. Pursuant to this, the Home Office
had already instructed Her Majesty's Stationery Office to issue
a correction slip.
27th May 2004
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