Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions Sierra Leone) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1) (Cth)

Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Sierra Leone) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 208

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under theCharter of the United Nations Act 1945.

Dated 9 September 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

ALEXANDER DOWNER

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Sierra Leone) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 2082

made under the

Charter of the United Nations Act 1945

   

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1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Sierra Leone) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions – Sierra Leone) Regulations

 Schedule 1 amends the Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Sierra Leone) Regulations.

Schedule 1Amendments

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(regulation 3)

[1]Regulation 1

substitute

1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Sierra Leone) Regulations 1997.

[2]Regulation 2

substitute

2Object

 The object of these Regulations is to assist in giving effect to Resolution 1132 by restricting the supply of arms and related matériel to Sierra Leone.

[3]Regulation 3, before definition of Resolution 1132

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ECOWAS means the Economic Community of West African States.

[4]Regulation 3, definition of Resolution 1132

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affected

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by:

• (a)

  Resolution 1156 (1998), adopted on 16 March 1998; and

• (b)

  Resolution 1171 (1998), adopted on 5 June 1998.

[5]Regulation 4, heading

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4Restriction on sale of arms etc

[6]Subregulation 4 (1)

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• (1)

  A person in Australia, or a citizen of Australia who is outside Australia, must not, intentionally or recklessly, enter into, or continue to engage in, a commercial transaction to sell, or supply, for delivery to a place in Sierra Leone an item mentioned in subregulation (2) unless the item is being sold or supplied:

  • (a)

    to the Government of Sierra Leone and is to be delivered through a point of entry stated in Schedule 1; or

  • (b)

    for the sole use in Sierra Leone of:

    • (i)

      the Military Observer Group of ECOWAS; or

    • (ii)

      the United Nations.

      Penalty:   50 penalty units.

• (2)

  For subregulation (1), the items are arms or any related matériel (including weapons, ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment and spare parts for any of those things).

[7]Regulation 6

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the Economic Community of West African States (“ECOWAS”)

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ECOWAS

[8]After regulation 6

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Schedule 1Points of entry in Sierra Leone

(subregulation 4 (1))

1. Kambia

2. Kabala

3. Bo-Waterside

4. Koindu

5. Lungi International Airport, Lungi

6. Queen Elizabeth II Quay, Cline Town

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1997 No. 393, as amended by 1998 No. 123.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 9 September 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 16 September 1999.