Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959 Direction Relating to Foreign Currency Transactions and to Iran (13/10/2008) (Cth)
Direction relating to foreign currency transactions and to Iran (13/10/2008)
as amended
made under regulation 5 of the
Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959
This compilation was prepared on 25 August 2010
taking into account amendments up to Direction relating to foreign currency transactions and to Iran – Amendment to the Annex and
Variation of Exemptions – Amendment to the Annexes (18/08/2010)Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, CanberraBanking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959
Direction relating to foreign currency transactions and to Iran
The Reserve Bank of Australia, pursuant to regulation 5 of the Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959, hereby directs that:
1.a person must not, either on the person’s own behalf or on behalf of another person, buy, borrow, sell, lend or exchange foreign currency in Australia, or otherwise deal with foreign currency in any other way in Australia;
2.a resident, or a person acting on behalf of a resident, must not buy, borrow, sell, lend or exchange foreign currency outside Australia, or otherwise deal with foreign currency in any other way outside Australia;
3.a person must not be a party to a transaction, being a transaction that takes place in whole or in part in Australia or to which a resident is a party, that has the effect of, or involves, a purchase, borrowing, sale, loan or exchange of foreign currency, or otherwise relates to foreign currency
where the transaction relates to property, securities or funds owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, or otherwise relates to payments directly or indirectly to, or for the benefit of any person or entity listed in the Annex to this direction.
The Annex to this direction may be amended from time to time. Any such amendment shall be taken as being part of this direction as from the date specified in the amendment.
This instrument comes into operation on 15 October 2008.
ANNEX
IRAN
This is the Annex referred to in the direction dated 13 October 2008, pursuant to Regulation 5 of the Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959.
PERSON/ENTITY DESCRIPTION Arian Bank
a.k.a. Aryan Bank
House 2, Street Number 13, Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan Assa Corporation ASSA CORP, 650 (or 500) Fifth Avenue, New York USA; Tax ID No 1368932 (United States) Assa Corporation Limited 6 Britannia Place, Bath Street, St Helier JE2 4SU, Jersey Channel Islands Banco Internacional De Desarrollo CA Urb. El Rosal, Avenida Francesco de Miranda, Edificio Dozsa, Piso 8, Caracas CP 1060, Venezuela Bank Kargoshaee
a.k.a. Kargosai Bank
587 Mohammadiye Square, Mowlavi St, Tehran 11986, Iran Bank Mellat Mellat Bank SB CJSC PO Box 24, Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia DAVANDARI, Ali Chairman of Bank Mellat Bank Melli Bank Melli Iran Investment Company (BMIIC) No 2, Nader Alley, Vali-Asr Street, Tehran, Iran PO Box 3898-15875; Bldg 2, Nader Alley after Behesi Forked Road, PO Box 15875-3898, Tehran, Iran 15116; Rafiee Alley, Nader Alley, 2 After Serahi Shahid Beheshti, Vali E Asr Ave Tehran; Business Registration Number: 89584 Bank Melli Iran Zao Number 9/1, Ulitsa Mashkova, Moscow 103064, Russia Melli Bank PLC 1 London Wall, London EC2Y 5EA, United Kingdom Bank Melli Printing and Publishing Company (BMPPC) 18th Km Karaj Special Road, Tehran, Iran, PO Box 37515-183; Km 16 Karaj Special Road, Tehran, Iran; Business Registration Number: 382231 Bank Refah
a.k.a. Bank Refah Kargaran
40 North Shiraz Street, Mollasadra, Tehran, Iran Bank Saderat Cement Investment and Development Company (CIDCO)
a.k.a. Cement Industry Investment and Development Company, CIDCO or CIDCO Cement Holding
No 241, Mirdamad Street, Tehran, Iran Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) Export Development Building, Next to the 15th Alley, Bokharest Street, Argentina Square, Tehran, Iran; Tose’e Tower, Corner of 15th St, Ahmad Qasir Ave, Argentine Square, Tehran, Iran; No 129, 21’s Khaled Eslamboli, No 1 Building, Tehran, Iran CR No 86936 EDBI Exchange Company Tose’e Tower, Corner of 15th St, Ahmad Qasir Ave, Argentine Square, Tehran, Iran EDBI Stock Brokerage Company Tose’e Tower, Corner of 15th St, Ahmad Qasir Ave, Argentine Square, Tehran, Iran Etemad Amin Investment Company Mobin
a.k.a. Etemad-e Mobin
Pasdaran Ave Tehran, Iran First Persian Equity Fund Walker House, 87 Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-9002, Cayman Islands; Clifton House, 7z5 Fort Street, PO Box 190, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands; Rafi Alley, Vali Asr Avenue, Nader Alley, Tehran 15116, Iran, PO Box 15875-3898 Future Bank BSC Block 304, City Centre Building, Building 199, Government Avenue, Road 383, Manama, Bahrain; PO Box 785, City Centre Building Avenue, Manama Bahrain, and all branches worldwide; Business Registration Document: 545414-1 (Bahrain) expires 9 June 2009; License No: 13388 (Bahrain) Iran Insurance Company (IIC) PO Box 14155-6363, 107 Fatemi Ave, Tehran, Iran Mazandaran Cement Africa Street, Sattari Street No 40, PO Box 121, Tehran, Iran 19688; 40 Satari Ave, Afrigha Highway, PO Box 19688, Tehran, Iran Mazandaran Textile Company Kendovan Alley 5, Vila Street, Enghelab Ave, PO Box 11365-9513, Tehran, Iran 11318; 28 Candovan Cooy Enghelab Ave, PO Box 11318, Tehran, Iran; Sari Ave, Ghaemshahr, Iran Mehr Cayman Ltd Cayman Islands; Commercial Registry Number 188926 (Cayman Islands) Melli Investment Holding International 514 Business Ave Building, Deira PO Box 181878, Dubai, UAE; Registration Certificate Number (Dubai) 0107 issued 30 Nov 2005 Melli Agrochemical Company PJS (MAC)
a.k.a. Melli Shimi Keshavarz, Keshavarz Chemical Plant and Abyek Chemical Plant
Mola Sadra Street, 215 Khordad, Sadr Alley No 13, Vanak Square, PO Box 15875-1734, Tehran, Iran Persia International Bank PLC (PIB) Number 6 Lothbury EC2R 7HH, United Kingdom Post Bank 237, Motahari Ave, Tehran, Iran 1587618118 Shomal Cement Company
a.k.a. Siman Shomal
Dr Beheshti Ave, No 289, Tehran, Iran 151446; 289 Shahid Baheshti Ave, PO Box 15146, Tehran, Iran Sina Bank 187 Avenue Motahari, Tehran Iran Bushehr Shipping Company Limited No 37, Aseman Tower, Sayyade Shirazee Square, Pasdaran Ave, PO Box 19395-1311, Tehran, Iran; No 37 Corner of 7th Narenjestan, Sayad Shirazi Square, after Noboyand Square, Pasdaran Ave, Tehran, Iran CISCO Shipping Company Ltd
a.k.a. IRISL Korea Ltd
Has offices in Seoul and Busan, South Korea Hafize Darya Shipping Lines (HDSL)
a.k.a. HDS Lines
No 60, Ehteshamiyeh Square, 7th Neyestan St, Pasdaran Ave, Tehran, Iran; Third Floor of IRISL’s Aseman Tower Hanseatic Trade and Trust Shipping GmbH Schottweg 7, 22087 Hamburg, Germany; Opp 7th Alley, Zarafshan St, Eivanak St, Qods Township, HTTS GmbH Iran Khodro Company 14th kilometre, Karaj Road, Tehran 11365-1313 Iran Irano Misr Shipping Company No 41, 3rd Floor, Corner of 6th Alley, Suanei Street, Karim Khan Zand Ave, Tehran; 265, next to Mehrshad, Sedaghat St, Opposite of Mellat Park, Vali Asr Ave, Tehran 1A001, Iran; 18 Mehrshad Street, Sadaghat St, Opposite of Mellat Park, Vali Asr Ave, Tehran 1A001, Iran Irinvestship Ltd Global House 61, Petty France, London SQ1H 9EU, United Kingdom; Business Registration Document No 4110179 (United Kingdom) ISI Maritime Limited 147/1 St Lucia Street, Valetta, Vlt 1185, Malta c/o IranoHind Shipping Co Ltd, Mehrshad Street, PO Box 15875, Tehran Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL)
a.k.a. Arya Shipping Company, IRI Shipping Lines, and IRISL Group
IRISL Club No 60, Ehteshamiyeh Square, 7th Neyestan Street, Pasdaran Ave, Tehran IRISL Europe (GmbH) Schottweg 5, 22087 Hamburg, Germany VAT Number DE217283818 (Germany) IRISL (Malta) Ltd Flat 1, 181 Tower Road, Sliema SLM 1605, Malta IRISL Marine Services and Engineering Company Sarbandar Gas Station PO Box 199, Bandar Imam Khomeini, Iran; Karim Khan Zand Ave, Iran Shahr Shomai, No 221, Tehran, Iran; No 221, Northern Iranshahr Street, Karim Khan Ave, Tehran, Iran IRISL Multimodal Transport Company No 25, Shahid Arabi Line, Sanaei St, Karim Khan Zand St, Tehran, Iran IRISL (UK) Ltd Business Registration Document No 4765305; 2 Abbey Rd, Baring Essex, IG11 7AX, United Kingdom; IRISL (UK) Ltd, Walton Ave, Felixstowe, Suffolk IP11 3HG, United Kingdom IRITAL Shipping SRL (IRITAL) Commercial Registry Number: GE 426505 (Italy); Italian Fiscal Code: 03329300101 (Italy); VAT Number: 12869140157 (Italy) Ponte Francesco Morosini 59, 16126 Genova (GE), Italy Khazar Shipping Lines
a.k.a. Khazer Shipping Lines, Khazar Sea Shipping Lines
No 1, End of Shahid Mostafa Khomeini St, Tohid Square, PO Box 43145, Bandar Anzali 1711-324, Iran; M Khomeini St, Ghazian, Bandar Azali, Gilan, Iran Leadmarine
a.k.a. Asia Marine Network Pte Ltd, IRISL Asia Pte Ltd
200 Middle Road #14-01 Prime Centre Singapore 188980 (alt 199090) Marble Shipping Limited 143/1 Tower Road, Sliema, Slm 1604, Malta Oasis Freight Agencies
a.k.a. Pacific Shipping Company
Al Meena Street, Opposite Dubai Ports and Customs, 2nd Floor, Sharaf Building, Dubai UAE; Sharaf Building, 1st Floor, Al Mankhool St, Bur Dubai PO Box 5562, Dubai UAE; No 4, 2nd Floor, Al Meena Rd, Opposite Customs, Dubai, UAE, Kayed Ahli Building, Jamal Abdul Nasser Road (Parallel to Al Wahda St) PO Box 4840, Sharjah UAE Saipa Company 15th kilometre, Karaj Special Road, Tehran Safiran Payam Darya Shipping Lines (SAPID) 33 8th Narenjestan St, Artesh Street, PO Box 19635-1116, Tehran, Iran; Third Floor of IRISL’s Aseman Tower Santexlines
a.k.a IRISL China Shipping Company, Yi Hang Shipping Company
Suite 1501, Shanghai Zhongrong Plaza 1088, Pudong (S) road, Shanghai 2000122, Shanghai, China; F23A-D, Times Plaza No 1, Taizi Road, Shekou, Shenzen 518067, China Seibow Limited Room 803, 8/F Future Plaza, 111 How Kimg St, Kwon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; Incorporation Number: 926320 Seibow Logistics Room 803, 8/F Future Plaza, 111 How Kimg St, Kwon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; Incorporation Number: 1218675 Shipping Computer Services Company No 37 Asseman Shahid Sayyad Shirazee Square, Pasdaran Ave, PO Box 1587553 1351, Tehran, Iran; No 13, 1st Floor, Abgan Alley, Aban Ave, Karimkhan Zand Blvd, Tehran 15976, Iran Soroush Sarmin Asatir (SSA)
a.k.a. Soroush Sarzamin Asatir Ship Management Company
No 14 (or 5) Shabnam Alley, Fajr Street, Shahid Motahhari Ave, PO Box 196365-1114, Tehran, Iran South Way Shipping Agency Co Ltd. No 101, Shabnam Alley, Ghaem Magham Street, Tehran, Iran Valfajr 8th Shipping Line Co
a.k.a. Valfajr
Abyar Alley, Corner of Shahid Azodi St and Karim Khan Zand Ave, Tehran, Iran; Shahid Azodi St, Karim Khan Zand Ave, Abiar Alley PO Box 4155, Tehran Iran Kala Naft
a.k.a. Kala Naft Tehran Branch,
Kala Naft Kish Branch
Tehran address: Sepahbod Gharani Avenue, PO Box: 15815/1775, 15815/3446, Tehran
London address: NIOC House, 4 Victoria Street, London SW1 0NE, England
Amir Kabir University (AKU) Armed Forces Geographical Organisation Arya Niroo Nik Suite 5 – 11th Floor, Nahid Building, Shahnazari Street – Mohseni Square, Tehran Azarab Industries Ferdowsi Ave, PO BOX 11365-171, Tehran, Iran Rear Admiral Ali FADAVI Fajr Aviation Composite Industries (FACI) Mehrabad Airport, PO Box 13445-885, Tehran, Iran Parviz FATAH
a.k.a. Parviz FATTAH
Iranian Energy Minister.
Born in 1961
Fulmen 167 Darya Boulevarde, Sharak e-Qods, 14669 – 8356 Tehran, Iran Imam Hossein University (IHU) Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO) Iran Aircraft Industries (IACI) Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Company
a.k.a. HESA, HESA Trade Center, HTC, IAMCO, IAMI, Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries, Karkhanejate Sanaye Havapaymaie Iran, Hava Peyma Sazi-e Iran, Havapeyma Sazhran, Havapeyma Sazi Iran, Hevapeimasazi
PO Box 83145-311, 28 km Esfahan – Tehran Freeway, Shahin Shahr, Esfahan, Iran; PO Box 14155-5568, No 27 Ahahamat Ave, Vallie Asr Square, Tehran 15946, Iran; PO Box 81465-935, Esfahan, Iran; Shahih Shar Industrial Zone, Isfahan, Iran, PO Box 8140, No 107, Sepahbod Gharany Ave, Tehran, Iran Iran Communications Industries (ICI) PO Box 19295-4731, Pasdaran Ave, Tehran, Iran; PO Box 19575-131, 34 Apadana Ave, Tehran, Iran; Shahid Langary Street, Nobonyad Square Ave, Pasdaran, Tehran Iranian Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) 107 Sepahbod Gharani Ave, Tehran, Iran Isfahan Optics Industries PO Box 81465-117, Isfahan, Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Tehran, Iran IRGC Brigadier-General Ali HOSEYNITASH Former Deputy Secretary, Supreme National Security Council. Mohammad Ali JAFARI, IRGC Commander, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). JALALI FARAHANI, Gholam Reza IRGC Brigadier General and Head of the Passive Defense Organization Javedan Mehr Toos (JMT) Khatem-ol Anbiya Construction Organisation IRGC General Rostam Qasemi Commander of Khatem ol-Anbiya Construction Organisation Machine Sazi Arak (MSA) 4th km Tehran Road, PO Box 148, Arak, Iran Fereydoun MAHMOUDIAN Born 07/11/1943 in Iran
Passport no 05HK31387
Issued 01/01/2002
Malek Ashtar University Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) IRGC Brigadier-General Mostafa Mohammad NAJJAR Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics. IRGC Brigadier-General Ahmad VAHIDI Deputy Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics. IRGC Brigadier-General Javad DARVISH-VAND Deputy for Inspection, MODAFL. Mojtaba HAERI Deputy for Industry, MODAFL. Rear Admiral Mohammad Shafi’I RUDSARI Deputy for Coordination Affairs, MODAFL. Brigadier-General Beik MOHAMMADLU Deputy, MODAFL. IRGC Brigadier-General Ali SHAMSHIRI Senior Official, MODAFL. Iran Electronic Industries (IEI) IEI is a wholly owned subsidiary of MODAFL. Ebrahim MAHMUDZADEH (also Mahmoudzedeh) Managing Director, IEI. Ministry of Defence Logistics Export (MODLEX) Mohammad MOKHBER Brigadier-General Mohammad NADERI Head, Aerospace Industries Organisation (AIO). AIO includes Shahid Hemmat Industries Group (SHIG) and Shahid Bakeri Industries Group (SBIG); both of these groups were designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006). Naserin Vahid Neda Industrial Group Brigadier-General Mohammad PAKPUR Parto Sanat/Yekan Parto No 1281 Valiasr Ave, Next to 14th St, Tehran, Iran Passive Defense Organization (PDO)
a.k.a. Permanent Committee for Passive Defense
SABBAGHZADEH, Jamshid Official and researcher at Paya Partov Laser Research Centre Brigadier-General Hossein SALAMI Shahid Ahmad Kazemi Industrial Group (SAKIG) Shahid Beheshti University (SBU) Shakhese Behbud Sanat
a.k.a. Shakhes Behbood Sanaat
State Purchasing Organisation (SPO) Technology Cooperation Office (TCO) of the Iranian President’s Office Tehran, Iran
Notes to the Direction relating to foreign currency transactions and to Iran (13/10/2008)
Note 1
The Direction relating to foreign currency transactions and to Iran (13/10/2008) (in force under regulation 5 of the Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Instruments
| Title | Date of FRLI registration/ | Date of | Application, saving or |
| Direction relating to foreign currency transactions and to Iran (13/10/2008) | 15 Oct 2008 (see F2008L03785) 15 Oct 2008 (see Gazette 2008, No. S200) | 15 Oct 2008 | |
| Direction relating to foreign currency transactions and to Iran – Amendment to the Annex and Variation of Exemptions – Amendment to the Annexes (14/07/2010) | 19 July 2010 (see F2010L02046) 21 July 2010 (see Gazette 2010, No. GN28) | 21 July 2010 | — |
| Direction relating to foreign currency transactions and to Iran – Amendment to the Annex and Variation of Exemptions – Amendment to the Annexes (18/08/2010) | 24 Aug 2010 (see F2010L02342) 25 Aug 2010 (see Gazette 2010, No. GN33) | 25 Aug 2010 | — |
Table of Amendments
| ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted | |
| Provision affected | How affected |
| Annex.............................................. | rs. F2010L02046; F2010L02342 |
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