What Australia Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011: Regulations to Apply Sanctions, Extraterritorial Effect, Injunctions, and Offences for Contravention or False Information requires
The Australian Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011, Act No. 38 of 2011, is the principal Commonwealth statute authorising Australian autonomous sanctions imposed independently of obligations under United Nations Security Council resolutions. Part 1 sets out the preliminary matters: section 1 the short title, section 2 commencement, section 3 the objects of the Act, section 4 definitions, section 5 specifying a Commonwealth entity as designated, section 6 specifying a provision as a sanction law, section 7 extension to external Territories, section 8 the Act binding the Crown, and section 9 the relationship with other laws. Part 2 establishes the regulation-making power for sanctions: section 10 enables the Governor-General to make regulations applying sanctions, section 10A provides for proscription relating to past circumstances, section 11 confirms that regulations may have extraterritorial effect, section 12 addresses effect on earlier Commonwealth Acts, section 13 provides that later Acts do not override Part 2, section 14 enables injunctions, and section 15 invalidates non-compliant authorisations. Part 3 sets the offences relating to sanctions: section 16 makes it an offence to contravene a sanction law, and section 17 makes it an offence to provide false or misleading information. Part 4 covers information sharing and disclosure powers in sections 18 through 27. Part 5 contains miscellaneous provisions including section 28 on regulations. The Act, together with the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 made under section 10, is the controlling Commonwealth instrument for the imposition, administration and enforcement of Australian autonomous sanctions and operates alongside the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 for UN Security Council sanctions.
Pillar: Trade Compliance & Export Controls · Authority: Commonwealth of Australia - Office of Parliamentary Counsel · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2011A00038/latest/text
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- Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011, section 3 - objects of the Act.
- Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011, section 8 - the Act binds the Crown.
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