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Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011
No. 38, 2011
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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C2026C00479 C05
30 October 2026
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Objects of this Act
4 Definitions
5 Specifying a Commonwealth entity as a designated Commonwealth entity
6 Specifying a provision as a sanction law
7 Extension to external Territories
8 Act binds the Crown
9 Relationship with other laws
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Part 2—Regulations to provide for sanctions
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Division 1—Making and effect of regulations
10 Regulations may apply sanctions
10A Proscription of persons or entities relating to past circumstances, actions or positions
11 Regulations may have extraterritorial effect
12 Effect of regulations on earlier Commonwealth Acts and on State and Territory laws
13 Later Acts not to be interpreted as overriding this Part or the regulations
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Division 2—Enforcing the regulations
14 Injunctions
15 Invalidation of authorisations
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Part 3—Offences relating to sanctions
16 Offence—contravening a sanction law
17 Offence—false or misleading information given in connection with a sanction law
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Part 4—Information relating to sanctions
18 CEO of Commonwealth entity may give information or document on request by CEO of designated Commonwealth entity
19 Power to require information or documents to be given
20 Information may be required to be given on oath
21 Offence for failure to comply with requirement
22 Self-incrimination not an excuse
23 CEO may copy documents
24 Further disclosure and use of information and documents
25 Protection from liability
26 Retention of records and documents
27 Delegation
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Part 5—Miscellaneous
27A Effect of certain instruments
28 Regulations
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
