Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 Listing Declaration (No. 1) 2019
I, MARISE PAYNE, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make the following declaration
Dated 5 March 2019
MARISE PAYNE
Minister for Foreign Affairs
1 Name of Declaration
This Declaration is the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 Listing Declaration (No. 1) 2019.
2 Commencement
This Declaration commences upon signature.
3 Authority
This Declaration is made under section 15A of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945.
4 Persons, entities and assets
For section 15A of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (the Act), I am satisfied on reasonable grounds that the entity specified in Schedule 1 is an entity mentioned in paragraph 1(c) of United Nations Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and declare that its listing under section 15 of the Act continues to have effect.
Note 1: Under section 20 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008, the Minister must be satisfied that the person or entity is mentioned in paragraph 1 (c) of Resolution 1373 (2001) of the Security Council of the United Nations.
Note 2: Under section 40 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains a list of all persons, entities, assets and classes of assets currently listed under section 15 of the Act, and has published this list on the internet at www.dfat.gov.au/sanctions/consolidated-list.html.
Note 3: Additional information about the listing of persons and entities under section 15 of the Act is set out in Schedule 2.
Schedule 1
The listing of the following entity continues to be necessary to give effect to the decision of the United Nations Security Council in paragraph 1(c) of resolution 1373 (2001):
| Primary Name: Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly listed as ‘Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant’ and ‘Al-Nusrah Front’) Aliases: Al-Nusra Front; Al-Nusrah Front; Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant; Conquest of the Levant Front; Fatah al-Sham Front; Front for the Conquest for Sham; Jabhat al-Nusra, Jabhat al-Nusrah; Jabhet al-Nusra; Jabhat al-Nusra li-Ahl al-Sham Min Mujahideen al-Sham fi Sahat al-Jihad; Support Front for the People of Syria from the Mujahideen of Syria in the Places of Jihad; The Victory Front. Address: a) operates in Syria Original listing date: Listed by the Foreign Minister under section 15 of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 on 16 March 2013. The listing was declared by the Foreign Minister on 9 March 2016 to continue in effect. Additional information: Also listed For United Nations Security Council resolution 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions on 14 May 2014. Previously listed by for ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions between 30 May 2013 and 13 May 2014 as an alias of Al-Qaida In Iraq. |
Schedule 2
Request for statement of reasons
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will provide a listed person or entity with an unclassified statement of reasons for his, her or its listing. Requests may be submitted in writing to:
Director
Sanctions Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221 Australia
or by email to asset.freezing@dfat.gov.au.
Application for revocation of a listing
A listed person or entity may apply to the Minister for Foreign Affairs to have his, her or its listing revoked. The application must be in writing and set out the circumstances relied upon to justify the application. Applications may be submitted to:
The Minister for Foreign Affairs
C/o Director
Sanctions Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221 Australia
or by email to asset.freezing@dfat.gov.au.
Application for sanctions permit to use or deal with frozen assets
The owner or holder of a frozen asset may apply for authorisation to use or deal with the asset in a specified way. The application must be in writing and specify whether the application relates to a basic expense dealing, a contractual dealing or an extraordinary expense dealing as those terms are defined in section 30 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008. Applications may be submitted through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Online Sanctions Administration System at https://sanctions.dfat.gov.au.