Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959 Direction Relating to Foreign Currency Transactions and to Iran Amendment to the Annex Variation of Exemptions Amendment to the Annexes (14/07/2010) (Cth)

BANKING (FOREIGN EXCHANGE) REGULATIONS 1959

DIRECTION RELATING TO FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND TO IRAN – AMENDMENT TO THE ANNEX

VARIATION OF EXEMPTIONS – AMENDMENT TO THE ANNEXES

The Reserve Bank of Australia hereby amends:

1. the Annex to the Direction dated 13 October 2008; and

1. the Annex to the Variation of Exemption dated 13 October 2008 relating to sub-regulations 6(1) of the Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959; and

1. the Annex to the Variation of Exemption dated 13 October 2008 relating to sub-regulations 8(1)(a) of the Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959,

as published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. S 200, 15 October 2008, by substituting the following Annex.

Annex

PERSON/ENTITY	DESCRIPTION
Bank Mellat
Bank Melli
Bank Saderat
Armed Forces Geographical Organisation
Khatem-ol Anbiya Construction Organisation
Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL)             a.k.a. Arya Shipping Company,             IRI Shipping Lines, and IRISL Group
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.
Malek Ashtar University
Ministry of Defence Logistics Export (MODLEX)
State Purchasing Organisation (SPO)
IRGC Brigadier-General Ali HOSEYNITASH	Former Deputy Secretary, Supreme National Security Council.
Mohammad Ali JAFARI, IRGC	Commander, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
IRGC General Rostam Qasemi	Commander of Khatem ol-Anbiya Construction Organisation
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).

This amendment will come into operation on 21 July 2010.

Dated at Sydney this 14^th day of July 2010.

For and on behalf of the Reserve Bank of Australia,

Glenn Stevens

Governor