Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Iran) Regulation 2016

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), GovernorGeneral of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.

Dated 25 February 2016

Peter Cosgrove

GovernorGeneral

By His Excellency’s Command

Julie Bishop

Minister for Foreign Affairs

 

 

 

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011

1  Name

  This is the Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Iran) Regulation 2016.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

The day after this instrument is registered.

1 March 2016

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

 

Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011

1  Regulation 3 (definition of Australia Group Common Control Lists)

Repeal the definition.

2  Subregulation 4(2) (table item 2, paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (h), (i) and (k))

Repeal the paragraphs.

3  Paragraphs 4(4)(a) and (b)

Repeal the paragraphs.

4  Paragraphs 4(4)(e) and (f)

Omit “paragraphs (a) to (d)”, substitute “paragraph (c) or (d)”.

5  Subregulation 4A(2) (table item 1)

Repeal the item.

6  Paragraphs 4A(4)(a) and (b)

Repeal the paragraphs.

7  Paragraphs 4A(4)(e) and (f)

Omit “paragraphs (a) to (d)”, substitute “paragraph (c) or (d)”.

8  Subregulation 5(3)

Repeal the subregulation.

9  Subregulation 5(4) (table item 2)

Repeal the item, substitute:

 

2

Iran

The manufacture, maintenance or use of an export sanctioned good for Iran.

10  Subregulation 5(5) (table items 1 and 2)

Repeal the items.

11  Subregulation 5(5) (table item 5)

Omit “any of items 1 to 4”, substitute “item 3 or 4”.

12  Subregulation 5(5) (table item 6)

Omit “items 1 to 5”, substitute “items 3 to 5”.

13  Subregulation 5A (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

5A  Sanctioned commercial activity—Syria

14  Subregulation 5A(1) (table items 1 to 3)

Repeal the items.

15  Subregulation 5A(2) (table items 1 to 3)

Repeal the items.

16  Subregulation 5A(2) (table items 7 to 9)

Omit “items 1 to 6”, substitute “items 4 to 6”.

17  Subregulation 5A(3) (table items 1 to 3)

Repeal the items.

18  Paragraphs 5A(4)(c) and (d)

Omit “Iran or”.

19  Subregulation 5A(4) (table items 1 to 3)

Repeal the items.

20  Subregulation 6(1) (table item 4)

Omit “1803 or 1929”, substitute “1803, 1929 or 2231”.