The Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment) Order 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 3440

IMMIGRATION

The Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment) Order 2007

Made

5th December 2007

Laid before Parliament

10th December 2007

Coming into force

12th December 2007

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 8B(5) of the Immigration Act 1971(1), makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 12^th December 2007.

2.  For the Schedule to the Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) Order 2000(2) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

3.  The Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment) Order 2006(3) is revoked.

Liam Byrne

Minister of State

Home Office

5th December 2007

Article 2

SCHEDULE

The Schedule substituted by article 2 is as follows:

Article 2

“SCHEDULE Designated Instruments

PART 1 Resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations

• Resolution 1390 (2002) of 16th January 2002 (Al Qa’ida and the Taliban).

• Resolution 1735 (2006) of 22nd December 2006 (Al Qa’ida and the Taliban).

• Resolution 1572 (2004) of 15th November 2004 (Cộte d’Ivoire).

• Resolution 1782 (2007) of 29th October 2007 (Cộte d’Ivoire).

• Resolution 1718 (2006) of 14th October 2006 (Democratic Republic of North Korea).

• Resolution 1596 (2005) of 18th April 2005 (Democratic Republic of the Congo).

• Resolution 1649 (2005) of 21st December 2005 (Democratic Republic of the Congo).

• Resolution 1698 (2006) of 31st July 2006 (Democratic Republic of the Congo).

• Resolution 1737 (2006) of 23rd December 2006 (Iran).

• Resolution 1747 (2007) of 24th March 2007 (Iran).

• Resolution 1521 (2003) of 22nd December 2003 (Liberia).

• Resolution 1731 (2006) of 20th December 2006 (Liberia).

• Resolution 1171 (1998) of 5th June 1998 (Sierra Leone).

• Resolution 1591 (2005) of 29th March 2005 (Sudan).

• Resolution 1672 (2006) of 25th April 2006 (Sudan).

• Resolution 1636 (2005) of 31st October 2005 (Syria and the Lebanon).

PART 2 Instruments made by the Council of the European Union

• Common Position 2002/402/CFSP of 27th May 2002 (Al Qa’ida and the Taliban)(4).

• Common Position 2006/276/CFSP of 10th April 2006 (Belarus)(5) as implemented by Council Decision 2006/718/CFSP of 23rd October 2006 (Belarus)(6) and as extended by Common Position 2007/173/CFSP of 19th March 2007 (Belarus)(7).

• Common Position 97/193/CFSP of 17th March 1997 (Bosnia-Herzegovina)(8).

• Common Position 2006/318/CFSP of 27th April 2006 (Burma)(9) as renewed and extended by Common Position 2007/248/CFSP of 23rd April 2007 (Burma)(10).

• Common Position 2004/852/CFSP of 13th December 2004 (Cộte d’Ivoire)(11).

• Common Position 2006/795/CFSP of 20th November 2006 (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)(12).

• Common Position 2005/440/CFSP of 13th June 2005 (Democratic Republic of Congo)(13) as implemented by Council Decision 2005/846/CFSP of 29th November 2005 (Democratic Republic of Congo)(14) and as amended by Common Position 2006/624/CFSP of 15th September 2006 (Democratic Republic of Congo)(15).

• Common Position 98/240/CFSP of 19th March 1998 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)(16) as qualified by Common Position 2000/696/CFSP of 10th November 2000 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)(17) and as amended by Common Position 2001/155/CFSP of 26th February 2001 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)(18).

• Common Position 1999/318/CFSP of 10th May 1999 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)(19) as qualified by Common Position 2000/696/CFSP of 10th November 2000 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), which has been amended by Common Position 2001/155/CFSP of 26th February 2001 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), and as amended by Common Position 2000/56/CFSP of 24th January 2000 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)(20).

• Common Position 2000/696/CFSP of 10th November 2000 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)(21) as amended by Common Position 2001/155/CFSP of 26th February 2001 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)(22).

• Common Position 2004/133/CFSP of 10th February 2004 (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)(23) as renewed by Common Position 2007/86/CFSP of 7th February 2007 (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)(24).

• Common Position 2004/293/CFSP of 30th March 2004 (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia)(25) as implemented by Council Decision 2007/521/CFSP of 23rd July 2007 (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia)(26) and as renewed and amended by Common Position 2007/150/CFSP of 5th March 2007 (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia)(27).

• Common Position 2007/140/CFSP of 27th February 2007 (Iran)(28) as amended by Common Position 2007/246/CFSP of 23rd April 2007 (Iran)(29).

• Common Position 2004/137/CFSP of 10th February 2004 (Liberia)(30) as modified and renewed by Common Position 2007/93/CFSP of 12th February 2007 (Liberia)(31).

• Common Position 2004/179/CFSP of 23rd February 2004 (Moldovan Republic)(32) as amended by Common Position 2004/622/CFSP of 26th August 2004 (Moldovan Republic)(33) and Common Position 2005/147/CFSP of 21st February 2005 (Moldovan Republic)(34), as implemented by Council Decision 2005/890/CFSP of 12th December 2005 (Moldovan Republic)(35) and Council Decision 2006/96/CFSP of 14th February 2006 (Moldovan Republic)(36) and as amended and renewed by Common Position 2007/121/CFSP of 19th February 2007 (Moldovan Republic)(37).

• Common Position 98/409/CFSP of 29th June 1998 (Sierra Leone)(38).

• Common Position 2005/411/CFSP of 30th May 2005 (Sudan)(39).

• Common Position 2005/888/CFSP of 12th December 2005 (Syria and the Lebanon)(40).

• Common Position 2005/792/CFSP of 14th November 2005 (Uzbekistan)(41).

• Common Position 2004/161/CFSP of 19th February 2004 (Zimbabwe)(42) as implemented by Council Decision 2007/235/CFSP of 16th April 2007 (Zimbabwe)(43) and as renewed by Common Position 2007/120/CFSP of 19th February 2007 (Zimbabwe)(44).”.

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 2006 (“the 2006 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 minor technical amendments to the list.

The additions to Part 1 of the Schedule are UN Resolution 1735 (2006) of 22nd December 2006 (Al Qa’ida and the Taliban), UN Resolution 1782 (2007) of 29th October 2007 (Cộte d’Ivoire), UN Resolution 1737 (2006) of 23rd December 2006 (Iran), UN Resolution 1747 (2007) of 24th March 2007 (Iran) and UN Resolution 1731 (2006) of 20th December 2006 (Liberia).

The additions to Part 2 of the Schedule are Common Position 2007/173/CFSP of 19th March 2007 (Belarus), Common Position 2007/248/CFSP of 23rd April 2007 (Burma), Common Position 2006/795/CFSP of 20th November 2006 (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), Common Position 2007/86/CFSP of 7th February 2007 (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Common Position 2007/150/CFSP of 5th March 2007 (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia), Council Decision 2007/521/CFSP of 23rd July 2007 (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia), Common Position 2007/140/CFSP of 27th February 2007 (Iran), Common Position 2007/246/CFSP of 23rd April 2007 (Iran), Common Position 2007/93/CFSP of 12th February 2007 (Liberia), Common Position 2007/121/CFSP of 19th February 2007 (Moldovan Republic), Council Decision 2007/235/CFSP of 16th April 2007 (Zimbabwe) and Common Position 2007/120/CFSP of 19th February 2007 (Zimbabwe).

The deletions from Part 1 of the Schedule are UN Resolution 1617 (2005) of 29th July 2005 (Al Qa’ida and the Taliban), UN Resolution 1643 (2005) of 15th December 2005 (Cộte d’Ivoire) and UN Resolution 1647 (2005) of 20th December 2005 (Liberia).

The deletions from Part 2 of the Schedule are Common Position 2006/30/CFSP of 23rd January 2006 (Cộte d’Ivoire), Common Position 2006/50/CFSP of 30th January 2006 (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Common Position 2006/204/CFSP of 10th March 2006 (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia), Council Decision 2005/83/CFSP of 31st January 2005 (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia), Common Position 2006/31/CFSP of 23rd January 2006 (Liberia), Common Position 2006/95/CFSP of 14th February 2006 (Moldovan Republic), Common Position 2005/592/CFSP of 29th July 2005 (Zimbabwe) and Common Position 2006/51/CFSP of 30th January 2006 (Zimbabwe).

Article 3 of this Order revokes the 2006 Order.

(1)

1971 c.77. Section 8B was inserted by section 8 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c.33).

(2)

S.I. 2000/2724. The Schedule to the Order was substituted by S.I. 2006/3277.

(3)

S.I. 2006/3277.

(4)

OJ No. L139.29.05.02, p4.

(5)

OJ No. L101. 11.04.06, p5.

(6)

OJ No. L294. 25.10.06, p72.

(7)

OJ No. L79 20.03.07, p40.

(8)

OJ No. L81. 21.03.97, p1.

(9)

OJ No. L116. 29.04.06, p77.

(10)

OJ No. L107 25.04.07, p8.

(11)

OJ No. L368. 15.12.04, p50.

(12)

OJ No. L322. 22.11.06, p32.

(13)

OJ No. L152. 15.06.05, p22.

(14)

OJ No. L314. 30.11.05, p35.

(15)

OJ No. L253. 16.09.06, p34.

(16)

OJ No. L95. 27.03.98, p.1.

(17)

OJ No. L287. 14.11.00, p1.

(18)

OJ No. L57. 27.02.01, p3.

(19)

OJ No. L123. 12.05.99, p1.

(20)

OJ No. L21. 26.01.00, p4.

(21)

OJ No. L287. 14.11.2000, p1.

(22)

OJ No. L57. 27.02.01, p3.

(23)

OJ No. L39. 11.02.04, p19.

(24)

OJ No. L35. 08.02.07, p32.

(25)

OJ No. L94. 31.03.04, p65.

(26)

OJ No. L192, 24.07.07, p30

(27)

OJ No. L66. 06.03.07, p21.

(28)

OJ No. L61. 28.02.07, p49.

(29)

OJ No. L106. 24.04.07, p67.

(30)

OJ No. L40. 12.02.04, p35.

(31)

OJ No. L41. 13.02.07, p17.

(32)

OJ No. L55. 24.02.04, p68.

(33)

OJ No. L279. 28.08.04, p47.

(34)

OJ No. L49. 22.02.05, p31.

(35)

OJ No. L327. 14.12.05, p33.

(36)

OJ No. L44. 15.02.06, p32.

(37)

OJ No. L51. 20.02.07, p31.

(38)

OJ No. L187. 01.07.98, p1.

(39)

OJ No. L139. 02.06.05, p.25.

(40)

OJ No. L327. 14.12.05, p26.

(41)

OJ No. L299. 16.11.05, p72.

(42)

OJ No. L50. 20.02.04, p66.

(43)

OJ No. L101. 18.04.07. p14.

(44)

OJ No. L51. 20.02.07, p25.