LAWS OF TUVALU 

PASSPORTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2008

Act 12 of 2008 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PASSPORTS ACT AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES.

ENACTED BY THE PARLIAMENT OF TUVALU 
2 December 2008 

Commencement [1 January 2009] 

1 Short title and commencement 

(1) This Act may be cited as the Passports (Amendment) Act 2008. 

(2) This Act shall come into force on a date appointed by the Minister by notice. 

2 Amendment of the Passports Act 

The Passports Act (Cap. 79) is amended as follows — 

(a) in section 2(a) by deleting the following definitions: 

"Investment Passport Committee"; 

"investor immigrant", "investor spouse" and "investor dependant child"; 

(b) in section 4(1) by deleting the words "other than an investor immigrant, an investor spouse or an investor dependant child"; 

(c) by deleting section 7(1A); 

(d) in section 9(1) by deleting the words ", an investor immigrant, an investor spouse or an investor child"; 

(e) by deleting section 10(d); 

(f) by deleting section 16A; 

(g) in section 17(2) by deleting the words ", an investor immigrant, an investor spouse or an investor child"; 

(h) in section 26, 

(i) by deleting in paragraph (i) of subsection (1) the words ", investor immigrants, investor spouses or investor dependant children"; 

(ii) by deleting subsection (k) and (l); 

(iii) by deleting subsection (2) and re-numbering subsection (1). 

3 Amendment of the Immigration Act 

Section 7(1) of the Immigration Act (Cap. 77) is amended by deleting subsection (k). 

4 Transitional 

Notwithstanding the amendments effected by this Act, a Tuvalu Passport issued before the date on which this Act comes into force shall continue to be a valid Tuvalu Passport for the period of its validity unless earlier cancelled under the Passports Act.