Statutory Rules 1994   No. 1561

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Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions—Angola) Regulations

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

Dated 1 June 1994.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

GARETH EVANS

Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Citation

 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions—Angola) Regulations.

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

Interpretation

 2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

“petroleum” means:

 (a) a naturally occurring hydrocarbon in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or

 (b) a naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or

 (c) a naturally occurring mixture of a hydrocarbon, or hydrocarbons, in a gaseous, liquid or solid state and one or more of the following:

 (i) hydrogen sulphate;

 (ii) nitrogen;

 (iii) helium;

 (iv) carbon dioxide;

“petroleum product” means:

 (a) a hydrocarbon, or mixture of hydrocarbons, produced:

 (i) by subjecting petroleum to a process of refining; or

 (ii) from a naturally occurring mineral from which any hydrocarbon, whether in the gaseous, liquid or solid state, may be produced; or

 (b) a mixture of a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbons so produced with one or more other substances;

“prescribed entry point” means a place in Angola specified in Schedule 1;

“registered aircraft” means an aircraft registered in Australia under the Civil Aviation Act 1988;

“registered ship” means a ship registered under the Shipping Registration Act 1981.

Application of the Regulations

 3. These Regulations have extra-territorial operation according to their terms.

Prohibition on supplying certain goods within Angola

 4. (1) A citizen of Australia who is outside Australia must not, intentionally or recklessly, supply to a person goods specified in Schedule 2 if:

 (a) the goods are to be delivered to a place in Angola; and

 (b) the first place in Angola at which the goods are to be delivered is not a prescribed entry point.

Penalty:  50 penalty units.

 (2) The owner, the master and the operator of a registered ship must not, intentionally or recklessly, allow the ship to be used to supply to a person goods specified in Schedule 2 if:

 (a) the goods are to be delivered to a place in Angola; and

 (b) the first place in Angola at which the goods are to be delivered is not a prescribed entry point.

Penalty:  50 penalty units.

 (3) The owner, the pilot in command and the operator of a registered aircraft must not, intentionally or recklessly, allow the aircraft to be used to supply to a person goods specified in Schedule 2 if:

 (a) the goods are to be delivered to a place in Angola; and

 (b) the first place in Angola at which the goods are to be delivered is not a prescribed entry point.

Penalty for a contravention of this subregulation:  50 penalty units.

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   SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 2

PRESCRIBED ENTRY POINTS

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   SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 4

GOODS TO WHICH REGULATION 4 APPLIES

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 June 1994.