The Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987 shall be amended as follows.
In subsection (1)(b) of section 1 (liability of carrier of person who requires a visa for entry but fails to produce one) for the words “, a visa valid for that purpose,” there shall be substituted the words “or by virtue of section 1A below requires a visa for passing through the United Kingdom, a visa valid for the purpose of entering or (as the case may be) passing through the United Kingdom,”.
After that section there shall be inserted—
Visas for transit passengers (1A) (1) The Secretary of State may by order require persons of any description specified in the order who on arrival in the United Kingdom pass through to another country or territory without entering the United Kingdom to hold a visa for that purpose. (2) An order under this section— (a) may specify a description of persons by reference to nationality, citizenship, origin or other connection with any particular country or territory, but not by reference to race, colour or religion; (b) shall not provide for the requirement imposed by the order to apply to any person who under theImmigration Act 1971 has the right of abode in the United Kingdom and may provide for any category of persons of a description specified in the order to be exempted from the requirement imposed by the order; and (c) may make provision about the method of application for visas required by the order. (3) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.