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John wrote: Malawi? That country has been added to the list requiring DATV .... Direct Airside Transit Visa ... so now need a visa merely to transit through a UK airport.
Section 37(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 allows Schedule 3 of that Act (the list of countries whose citizens are Commonwealth citizens) to be amended by Order in Council.ppron747 wrote:Many Commonwealth citizens are visa nationals: I cannot see any reason why Malawians should not continue to enjoy the exisiting rights available to them. To make it otherwise would, I thunk, require primary legislation, which would entail a lengthy process...
No - it was an addition, like the others - St Kitts Nevis became independent and joined the Commonwealth in 1983, IIRC. You're right, of course that amendments can be made by Order, but since deletions would involve a lot more than a simple stroke of the pen - making transitional arrangements for those about to become foreign, but who are already benefitting from being Commonwealth - that an Act would be necessary in practice. Additions are less work, and don't involve stripping anyone of anything...tt wrote:Well, I guess St Kitts and Nevis had to be.