What changed
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade amended the list of designated persons, entities, and declared persons under Australia's thematic autonomous sanctions. The amending instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2026.
Dates
The instrument was dated 1 June 2026 and was repealed on 7 September 2026. It operated between those two dates.
What it amended
The instrument amended the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Instrument 2022. It operated under the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011. The source does not specify which individuals or entities were added to or removed from the sanctions list.
Current status
This instrument has been repealed. A successor instrument may now be in force. The current version of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Instrument 2022 is available on the Federal Register of Legislation at legislation.gov.au.
Key actions
- Businesses involved in international trade, imports, exports, or payments to foreign entities are required by sanctions law to check the current sanctions list at legislation.gov.au to confirm counterparties are not designated.
- Search the Federal Register of Legislation at legislation.gov.au for the current version of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Instrument 2022 to see the up-to-date list of sanctioned parties.
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