Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 Listing (No. 1) 2020

I, MARISE PAYNE, Minister for Foreign Affairs, issue this listing under subsection 15(1) of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945.

Dated     16 September 2020                                       

MARISE PAYNE

Minister for Foreign Affairs

1  Name of Listing

This Listing is the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 Listing (No. 1) 2020.

2  Commencement

This Listing commences on gazettal.

3  Authority

This Listing is made under subsection 15(1) of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (the Act).

4  Persons, entities and assets

For subsection 15(1) of the Act, I am satisfied on reasonable grounds that the person specified in Schedule 1 is a person mentioned in paragraph 1(c) of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001).

Note 1: Under regulation 20 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008, the Minister must be satisfied that the person or entity is mentioned in paragraph 1(c) of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001).

Note 2: Under regulation 40 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains a list of all persons, entities, assets and classes of assets currently listed under section 15 of the Act, and has published this list on the internet at https://www.dfat.gov.au/international-relations/security/sanctions/Pages/consolidated-list.

Note 3: Additional information about the listing of persons and entities under section 15 of the Act is set out in Schedule 2 to this Gazettal Notice.

Schedule 1

The listing of the following person is necessary to give effect to the decision of the United Nations Security Council in paragraph 1(c) of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001):

Schedule 2

Request for statement of reasons

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will provide a listed person or entity with an unclassified statement of reasons for his, her or its listing.  Requests may be submitted in writing to:

Director

Australian Sanctions Office

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

John McEwen Crescent

Barton ACT 0221 Australia

or by email to sanctions@dfat.gov.au.

Application for revocation of a listing

A listed person or entity may apply to the Minister for Foreign Affairs to have his, her or its listing revoked.  The application must be in writing and set out the circumstances relied upon to justify the application.  Applications may be submitted to:

The Minister for Foreign Affairs

C/o Director

Australian Sanctions Office

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

John McEwen Crescent

Barton ACT 0221 Australia

or by email to sanctions @dfat.gov.au.

Application for sanctions permit to use or deal with frozen assets

The owner or holder of a frozen asset may apply for permission to use or deal with the asset in a specified way.  The application must be in writing and specify whether the application relates to a basic expense dealing, a contractual dealing or an extraordinary expense dealing as those terms are defined in section 30 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008.  Applications may be submitted to:

Director

Australian Sanctions Office

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

John McEwen Crescent

Barton ACT 0221 Australia

or by email to sanctions@dfat.gov.au.