Australia's Autonomous Sanctions Regulations are online and pretty simple to work through. So, Mr. Watchlist is going to post interesting sections of the regulations over the next number of days and weeks.
Today, it's the list of sanctions and restrictions that can be supplied. First, here is the list of goods subject to export sanctions:
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Item |
Country |
Goods |
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Burma |
Arms or related matériel |
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Fiji |
Arms or related matériel |
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3 |
Iran |
(a) Arms or related matériel (b) Goods mentioned in the Australia Group Common Control Lists, as existing from time to time |
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4 |
Syria |
Arms or related matériel |
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5 |
Zimbabwe |
Arms or related matériel |
Here is the list of sanctioned services:
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Item |
Country |
Activity |
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Burma |
(a) A military activity (b) An activity involving the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance or use of an export sanctioned good for Burma |
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Fiji |
(a) A military activity (b) An activity involving the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance or use of an export sanctioned good for Fiji |
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3 |
Iran |
(a) A military activity (b) An activity involving the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance or use of an export sanctioned good for Iran |
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4 |
Syria |
(a) A military activity (b) An activity involving the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance or use of an export sanctioned good for Syria |
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5 |
Zimbabwe |
(a) A military activity (b) An activity involving the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance or use of an export sanctioned good for Zimbabwe |
This is the list of categories of persons that the Minster of Foreign Affairs may designated as sanctioned:
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Person or entity |
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Burma |
(a) A former member of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) |
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(b) A person who the Minister is satisfied is a business associate of the Burmese military |
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(c) A current or former minister or a current or former deputy minister |
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(d) A current or former military officer of the rank of Brigadier-General or higher |
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(e) A senior official in any of Burma’s security or corrections agencies |
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(f) A current or former senior officeholder of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) or the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) |
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(g) A senior official or executive in a state-owned or a military-owned enterprise |
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(h) An immediate family member of a person mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (g) |
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DPRK |
A person or entity that the Minister is satisfied is associated with the DPRK’s weapons of mass-destruction program or missiles program |
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FFRY |
(a) A person who has been indicted for an offence by the ICTY (whether or not the person has been convicted of the offence) |
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(b) A person who has been indicted for an offence within the jurisdiction of the ICTY by a domestic court in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia or Serbia (whether or not the person has been convicted of the offence) |
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(c) A person who is subject to an Interpol arrest warrant related to an offence within the jurisdiction of the ICTY |
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(d) A person who the Minister is satisfied is a supporter of the former regime of Slobodan Milosevic |
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(e) A person who is suspected of assisting a person who is: (i) indicted by the ICTY; and (ii) not currently detained by the ICTY |
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Fiji |
(a) Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama |
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(b) A person who the Minister is satisfied is a supporter of the coup with which Commodore Bainimarama is associated, based on any combination of the person’s position, actions and statements |
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(c) A Minister of the interim government |
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(d) An officer of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces of the rank of Warrant Officer or higher |
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(e) An immediate family member of a person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) |
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(f) A member of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces |
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(g) A person who the Minister is satisfied is a senior public servant appointed by the interim government |
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(h) A person appointed to, or otherwise engaged on, a government board or a quasi-government board by the interim government |
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(i) A member of the judiciary of Fiji |
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Iran |
(a) A person or entity that the Minister is satisfied has contributed to, or is contributing to, Iran’s nuclear or missile programs |
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(b) A person or entity that the Minister is satisfied has assisted, or is assisting, Iran to violate: (i) Resolution 1737, 1747, 1803 or 1929 of the United Nations Security Council; or (ii) a subsequent resolution relevant to a resolution mentioned in subparagraph (i) |
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Libya |
(a) A person who the Minister is satisfied was a close associate of the former Qadhafi regime (b) An entity that the Minister is satisfied is under the control of one or more members of Muammar Qadhafi’s family |
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(c) A person or entity that the Minister is satisfied has assisted, or is assisting, in the violation of: (i) Resolution 1970 or 1973 of the United Nations Security Council; or |
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(ii) a subsequent resolution relevant to Resolution 1970 or 1973 (d) An immediate family member of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (c) |
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Syria |
A person or entity that the Minister is satisfied is responsible for human rights abuses in Syria, including: (a) the use of violence against civilians; and (b) the commission of other abuses |
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Zimbabwe |
A person or entity that the Minister is satisfied is engaged in, or has engaged in, activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe |
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