Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Periodic Legislative Review) Regulations 2024

I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 7 November 2024

Sam Mostyn AC

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

Penny Wong

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011

1  Name

  This instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Periodic Legislative Review) Regulations 2024.

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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 1—Amendments

Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011

1  Subregulations 6A(3) and (6)

Omit “and regulation 9”.

2  Regulation 9

Repeal the regulation.

3  Before regulation 26

Insert:

25A  Review of operation of the autonomous sanctions legislative framework

 (1) The Minister must cause a review of the operation of the autonomous sanctions legislative framework to be undertaken every 5 years, starting 5 years from the commencement of this regulation.

 (2) Without limiting subregulation (1), each review must consider:

 (a) the effectiveness of the autonomous sanctions legislative framework for achieving Australia’s foreign policy objectives; and

 (b) whether the Act and these Regulations are appropriate for achieving the objects of the Act.

 (3) The persons who undertake a review must give the Minister a written report on the review within 12 months of the commencement of the review.

 (4) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the Minister receives the report.

4  In the appropriate position in Part 7

Add:

29  Amendments made by the Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Periodic Legislative Review) Regulations 2024

 (1) The repeal of regulation 9 made by the Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Periodic Legislative Review) Regulations 2024 applies in relation to a designation or declaration made under these Regulations, whether it was made before, on or after the commencement of the Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Periodic Legislative Review) Regulations 2024.

 (2) To avoid doubt, the repeal of regulation 9 does not affect the previous operation of a declaration made under subregulation (3) of that regulation.

Note: See section 7 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as it applies because of paragraph 13(1)(a) of the Legislation Act 2003.