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 2010 (“the 2010 Order”)) and has since been amended five times this year). 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 consolidate the five amendments to the Schedule which followed the 2010 Order.

The additions to Part 1 of the Schedule are UN Resolution 1988 (2011) of 17 June 2011 (Afghanistan), UN Resolution 1989 (2011) of 17 June 2011 (Al Qaida), UN Resolution 1975 (2011) of 30 March 2011 (Côte d’Ivoire), UN Resolution 1980 (2011) of 28 April 2011 (Côte d’Ivoire), UN Resolution 1961 (2010) of 17 December 2010 (Liberia), and UN Resolution 2002 (2011) of 29 July 2011 (Somalia).

The additions to Part 2 of the Schedule are Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP of 1 August 2011 (Afghanistan), Council Implementing Decision 2011/639/CFSP of 29 September 2011 (Afghanistan), Council Decision 2011/487/CFSP of 1 August 2011 (Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden and the Taliban), Council Decision 2011/69/CFSP of 31 January 2011 (Belarus), Council Implementing Decision 2011/174/CFSP of 21 March 2011 (Belarus), Council Implementing Decision 2011/301/CFSP of 23 May 2011 (Belarus), Council Decision 2011/357/CFSP of 20 June 2011 (Belarus), Council Decision 2011/666/CFSP of 10 October 2011 (Belarus), Council Decision 2011/173/CFSP of 21 March 2011 (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Council Decision 2011/239/CFSP of 12 April 2011 (Burma/Myanmar), Council Decision 2011/504/CFSP of 16 August 2011 (Burma/Myanmar), Council Decision 2010/801/CFSP of 22 December 2010 (Côte d’Ivoire), Council Decision 2011/71/CFSP of 31 January 2011 (Côte d’Ivoire), Council Decision 2011/221/CFSP of 6 April 2011 (Côte d’Ivoire), Council Implementing Decision 2011/627/CFSP of 22 September 2011 (Côte d’Ivoire), Council Decision 2011/421/CFSP of 18 July 2011 (Croatia), Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP of 20 December 2010 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Council Decision 2011/169/CFSP of 21 March 2011 (Republic of Guinea), Council Decision 2011/235/CFSP of 12 April 2011 (Iran), Council Decision 2011/299/CFSP of 23 May 2011 (Iran), Council Implementing Decision 2011/670/CFSP of 10 October 2011 (Iran), Council Decision 2010/800/CFSP of 22 December 2010 (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), Council Implementing Decision 2011/175/CFSP of 21 March 2011 (Libya), Council Decision 2011/178/CFSP of 23 March 2011 (Libya), Council Implementing Decision 2011/236/CFSP of 12 April 2011 (Libya), Council Implementing Decision 2011/300/CFSP of 23 May 2011 (Libya), Council Decision 2011/171/CFSP of 21 March 2011 (Republic of Moldova), Council Decision 2011/641/CFSP of 29 September 2011 (Republic of Moldova), Council Decision 2011/635/CFSP of 26 September 2011 (Somalia), Council Decision 2011/423/CFSP of 18 July 2011 (Sudan and South Sudan), Council Decision 273/CFSP of 9 May 2011 (Syria), Council Implementing Decision 2011/367/CFSP of 23 June 2011 (Syria), Council Implementing Decision 2011/488/CFSP of 1 August 2011 (Syria), Council Implementing Decision 2011/515/CFSP of 23 August 2011 (Syria), Council Decision 2011/522/CFSP of 2 September 2011 (Syria) and Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP of 15 February 2011 (Zimbabwe).

The deletions are from Part 2 of the Schedule and are Common Position 2008/369/CFSP of 14 May 2008 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Common Position 2009/66/CFSP of 26 January 2009 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Council Decision 2009/349/CFSP of 27 April 2009 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Common Position 2006/795/CFSP of 20 November 2006 (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), Common Position 2009/573/CFSP of 27 July 2009 (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), Council Decision 2009/1002/CFSP of 22 December 2009 (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), Common Position 2005/411/CFSP of 30 May 2005 (Sudan) and Common Position 2006/386/CFSP of 1 June 2006 (Sudan).

Article 3 of and Schedule 2 to this Order revoke the 2010 Order and subsequent amending orders.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.