Charter of the United Nations Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 163
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945.
Dated 12 July 2012
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General
By Her Excellency’s Command
BOB CARR
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Contents
                        1      Name of regulation                                                          2
                        2      Commencement                                                              2
                        3      Amendment of Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Cote d’Ivoire) Regulations 2008     2
                        4      Amendment of Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Somalia) Regulations 2008            2
Schedule 1                  Amendments of Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Cote d’Ivoire) Regulations 2008                                                                                      3
Schedule 2                  Amendments of Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Somalia) Regulations 2008   5
 
 
1              Name of regulation
                This regulation is the Charter of the United Nations Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).
2              Commencement
                This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.
3              Amendment of Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Cote d’Ivoire) Regulations 2008
                Schedule 1 amends the Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Cote d’Ivoire) Regulations 2008.
4              Amendment of Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Somalia) Regulations 2008
                Schedule 2 amends the Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Somalia) Regulations 2008.
Schedule 1        Amendments of Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Cote d’Ivoire) Regulations 2008
(section 3)
 
[1]           Regulation 4, definition of sanctioned service
omit
[2]           Regulation 5
substitute
5              Export sanctioned goods
                For these Regulations, export sanctioned goods means arms or related materiel.
[3]           Regulation 8
omit
[4]           Subparagraph 10 (2) (b) (ii)
substitute
                         (ii)    is notified in advance to the Committee; or
[5]           Paragraphs 10 (2) (e) to (g)
substitute
                (e)    is a supply of non-lethal law enforcement equipment that:
                          (i)    is intended to enable the Ivorian security forces to use only appropriate and proportionate force while maintaining public order; and
                         (ii)    is notified in advance to the Committee; or
                (f)    is a supply of arms or other related lethal equipment to the Ivorian security forces that:
                          (i)    is intended solely for the support of, or use in, the Ivorian process of Security Sector Reform; and
                         (ii)    is approved in advance by the Committee.
[6]           Regulations 12 and 13
omit
Schedule 2        Amendments of Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions — Somalia) Regulations 2008
(section 4)
 
[1]           Regulation 4
insert
import sanctioned goods has the meaning given by regulation 7A.
[2]           After regulation 7
insert
7A           Import sanctioned goods
                For these Regulations, import sanctioned goods means charcoal.
[3]           After Division 2.2
insert
Division 2.3           Sanctioned imports
15A         Prohibitions relating to import sanctioned goods
         (1)   A person contravenes this regulation if the person procures import sanctioned goods from Somalia or from a person or entity in Somalia.
         (2)   A body corporate contravenes this regulation if:
                (a)    the body corporate has effective control over the actions of another body corporate or entity, wherever incorporated or situated; and
               (b)    the other body corporate or entity procures import sanctioned goods from Somalia or a person or entity in Somalia.
Note   This regulation is a UN sanction enforcement law as specified by the Minister under the Charter of the United Nations (UN Sanction Enforcement Law) Declaration 2008.
Note
1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.comlaw.gov.au.