Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUTONOMOUS SANCTIONS ACT 2011 - SECT 4

    In this Act:

"asset" means:

  (a)   an asset of any kind or property of any kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, however acquired; and

  (b)   a legal document or instrument in any form (including electronic or digital) evidencing title to, or interest in, such an asset or such property.

Note:   Some examples of documents and instruments described in paragraph   (b) are bank credits, travellers cheques, bank cheques, money orders, shares, securities, bonds, debt instruments, drafts and letters of credit.

"Australia" , when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.

"autonomous sanction" means a sanction that:

  (a)   is intended to influence, directly or indirectly, one or more of the following in accordance with Australian Government policy:

  (i)   a foreign government entity;

  (ii)   a member of a foreign government entity;

  (iii)   another person or entity outside Australia; or

  (b)   involves the prohibition of conduct in or connected with Australia that facilitates, directly or indirectly, the engagement by a person or entity described in subparagraph   (a)(i), (ii) or (iii) in action outside Australia that is contrary to Australian Government policy.

"CEO" of a Commonwealth entity means the chief executive officer (however described) of that entity.

"Commonwealth entity" has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .

"designated Commonwealth entity" means a Commonwealth entity that:

  (a)   is a designated Commonwealth entity under the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 ; or

  (b)   is specified in an instrument under section   5.

"foreign government" entity means:

  (a)   the government of a foreign country or of part of a foreign country; or

  (b)   an authority of the government of a foreign country; or

  (c)   an authority of the government of part of a foreign country.

"officer" of a Commonwealth entity includes:

  (a)   the CEO of the Commonwealth entity; and

  (b)   an employee of the Commonwealth entity; and

  (c)   any other person engaged by the Commonwealth entity, under contract or otherwise, to exercise powers, or perform duties or functions, of the Commonwealth entity.

"public international organisation" has the meaning given by section   70.1 of the Criminal Code .

"sanction law" means a provision that is specified in an instrument under subsection   6(1).

"State or Territory entity" means:

  (a)   a State or Territory; or

  (b)   an authority of a State or Territory.

"superior court" means the Federal Court of Australia or the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.