Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Russia) Regulations 2022 (Cth)

Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Russia) Regulations 2022

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 24 February 2022

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Marise Payne

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments  2

Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011  2

1  Name

This instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Russia) Regulations 2022.

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.	25 February 2022

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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  Regulation 6 (after table item 6)

Insert:

6A Russia (a) A person or entity that the Minister is satisfied is, or has been, engaging in an activity or performing a function that is of economic or strategic significance to Russia. (b) A current or former Minister or senior official of the Russian Government. (c) An immediate family member of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).