Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023

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Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023

- F2023L01058
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This instrument amends the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction) List 2012 to continue in effect the targeted financial sanctions and travel bans imposed on 23 persons, and the targeted financial sanctions on 14 entities. It also repeals the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017.

Administered by: Foreign Affairs and Trade

Exempt from sunsetting by the Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015 s12 item 10B

Registered

01 Aug 2023

Tabling History	Date
Tabled HR	03-Aug-2023
Tabled Senate	07-Aug-2023

Date of repeal

20 Oct 2023

Repealed by

Division 1 of Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Legislation Act 2003

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023

I, PENNY WONG, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 1^st August, 2023

PENNY WONG

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Contents

1 Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2 Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3 Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4 Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1

Schedule 1—Amendments 2

Part 1 – Amendments 2

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction) List 2012 2

Part 2 – Repeal of spent provisions 11

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction) List 2012 11

Part 3 – Repeal of instrument 12

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017 12

1 Name

This instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table	The day after this instrument is registered.
2. Schedule 1, Part 1	2 August 2023
3. Schedule 1, Part 2	4 August 2023
4. Schedule 1, Part 3	4 August 2023

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under regulations 6 and 9 of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1 – Amendments

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction) List 2012

1 Section 1

Omit “and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction”.

2 Subsection 3(1)

Omit “paragraph 6 (1) (a)”, substitute “paragraph 6(a)”.

3 Subsection 3(2)

Omit “paragraph 6 (1) (b)”, substitute “paragraph 6(b)”.

4 Section 4 (Note).

Repeal the Note.

5 At the end of Part 3

Add:

5B Continuation of effect of designations and declarations on and after date of making of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023

(1) The designation, under paragraph 6(a) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, of the persons mentioned in items 96 to 118 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 continues to have effect.

(2) The declaration, under paragraph 6(b) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, of the persons mentioned in items 96 to 118 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 continues to have effect.

(3) The designation, under paragraph 6(a) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, of the entities mentioned in items 29 to 42 in Part 2 of Schedule 1 continues to have effect.

Note: Item numbers 96 to 118 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 were previously listed in Part 1A of Schedule 1. Item numbers 29 to 42 in Part 2 of Schedule 1 were previously listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1. The designations and declarations of these persons and entities were previously continued in effect in the Autonomous Sanctions Legislation Amendment (Syria and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction) Instrument 2020.

6 Schedule 1 (Note)

Omit “and 7”, substitute “, 5A and 5B”.

7 In the appropriate position in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table)

Insert:

96	Name of individual	Ahmad BALLUL
	Also known as	Ahmad Muhammad BALLUL; Ahmed BALOL; Ahmed BALLUL
	Date of birth	10/10/1954
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Major General and Commander of the Syrian Air Force and Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces
97	Name of individual	Saji' DARWISH
	Also known as	Saji Jamil DARWISH; Sajee DARWISH; Sjaa DARWIS
	Date of birth	11/01/1957
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Major General of the Syrian Air Force
98	Name of individual	Muhammed IBRAHIM
	Date of birth	5/08/1964
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Brigadier General and Deputy Commander of the Syrian Air Force 63^rd Brigade
99	Name of individual	Badi' MU'ALLA
	Also known as	Badi Sulayman MUALLA
	Date of birth	5/04/1961
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Brigadier General and Commander of the Syrian Arab Air Force 63^rd Brigade
100	Name of individual	Suhayl Hasan AL‑HASAN
	Also known as	Colonel Suhayl HASAN; Sohail HASSAN; Sohail AL‑HASSAN; Suhail HASSAN; Lieutenant Colonel Suhayl HASSAN; Brigadier General Suhayl HASSAN; Suheil HASSAN
	Date of birth	1964
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Commanding Officer in the 25^th Special Mission Forces Division
101	Name of individual	Muhammad Nafi BILAL
	Also known as	Colonel Muhammad Nafi BILAL; Muhammad BILAL
	Date of birth	25/05/1971
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Colonel in Syrian Air Force Intelligence
102	Name of individual	Muhammad Mahmud MAHALLA
	Also known as	Muhammad MAHALA
	Date of birth	04/06/1959
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Last known position: Major General and the Director of Syrian Military Intelligence
103	Name of individual	Tahir Hamid KHALIL
	Also known as	Tahir Hamid KHALI; Khalil Tahir HAMID
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Major General in the Syrian Artillery and Missiles Directorate
104	Name of individual	Jawdat Salbi MAWAS
	Also known as	Jawdat Salibi MAWWAS; Jawdat Salibi MAWWAZ
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Last known position: Major General in the Syrian Artillery and Missiles Directorate
105	Name of individual	Yasin Ahmad DAHI
	Also known as	Yasin DAHI; Yasin DHAHI
	Date of birth	1960
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Senior Officer in the Syrian Armed Forces
106	Name of individual	Ali WANUS
	Also known as	Ali WANNOUS
	Date of birth	05/02/1964
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Last known position: Brigadier General in the Scientific Studies and Research Center
107	Name of individual	Samir DA'BUL
	Also known as	Samir DABUL; Samir DAABOUL
	Date of birth	04/09/1965
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Last known position: Brigadier General in the Scientific Studies and Research Center
108	Name of individual	Zuhayr HAYDAR
	Date of birth	18/12/1965
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	last known position: Colonel in the Scientific Studies and Research Center
109	Name of individual	Habib HAWRANI
	Date of birth	25/03/1969
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Last known position: Colonel in the Scientific Studies and Research Center
110	Name of individual	Firas AHMAD
	Date of birth	21/01/1967
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Last known position: Director of the Security Office of Institute 1000.
111	Name of individual	Salah HABIB
	Also known as	Saleh HABIB; Salih HABIB
	Date of birth	05/07/1962
	Citizenship	Syrian; French
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	General Manager of Yona Star International, a sanctioned entity under Australian sanctions law. Passport: 13AF69606 (France)
112	Name of individual	Iyad Mohammad Esam MAHROUS
	Also known as	Iyad MAHROUS; Iyad MAHRUS
	Date of birth	12/05/1971
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Owner and operator of the Mahrous Group, a sanctioned entity under Australian sanctions law. Passport: N006478882
113	Name of individual	Ghassan ABBAS
	Date of birth	10/03/1960
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Major General linked to the Scientific Studies and Research Center, a sanctioned entity under Australian sanctions law.
114	Name of individual	Bayan BITAR
	Also known as	Bayan AL‑BITAR
	Date of birth	08/03/1947
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Executive Director of the Organisation for Technological Industries and the Syrian Company for Information Technology, both sanctioned entities under Australian sanctions law.
115	Name of individual	Amr ARMANZI
	Also known as	Amr Muhammad Najib AL‑ARMANZI; Amr Najib ARMANAZI; Amrou AL‑ARMANAZY; Amr ARMANAZI
	Date of birth	07/02/1944
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Last known position: Director General of the Scientific Studies and Research Center, a sanctioned entity under Australian sanctions law.
116	Name of individual	Aziz ALLOUCH
	Also known as	'Aziz Ahmad 'ALLUSH
	Date of birth	26/10/1977
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	General Director of Technolab, a sanctioned entity under Australian sanctions law.
117	Name of individual	Muhammed Bin‑Muhammed Faris QUWAYDIR
	Also known as	Muhammad KWEIDER; Muhammad KWEITER; Samir QASSAR; Muhammad QUAYDIR
	Date of birth	21/07/1967
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Last known position: Contracts Director for the Scientific Studies and Research Center, a sanctioned entity under Australian sanctions law. Passport: N004123298
118	Name of individual	Hala SIRHAN
	Also known as	Halah SIRHAN; Hilah SIRHAN
	Date of birth	05/01/1953
	Citizenship	Syrian
	Instrument of first designation and declaration	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Last known position: employee of the Scientific Studies and Research Center, a sanctioned entity under Australian sanctions law.

8 Part 1A of Schedule 1 (table items 1 to 23)

Repeal the items.

9 In the appropriate position in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (table)

Insert:

29	Name of entity	Syriss Logistics and Services
	Also known as	Syriss; Guangzhou Syriss Logistics & Services; Syriss Group Limited; Syriss Logistics and Service Company
	Address	Head Office, Suite 707, Oriental Finance Building, 140 Dong Feng Xi Road, Guangzhou 510000, China; Marine Logistics Office, Suite 912, Nan You Building, 142 Dongfeng Xi Road, Guangzhou, China; Air Logistics Office, Suite 419, Nan You Building, 142 Dongfeng Xi Road, Guangzhou, China; Marine Warehouse, Baiyun Area, Shijing Town, 20 Qingfeng Qinglong Road, Guangzhou, China; Baramkeh Free Zone, Damascus, Syria; Jebel Ali Free Zone, W.H. # WF06, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates; Ras Al Khor Industrial 3, Warehouse # 2, Al Aweer, United Arab Emirates; Exit 19 Al Manakh area, W.H. #364, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
30	Name of entity	Mahrous Group
	Also known as	Al Mahrus Group Trading Company; Mahrous Trading Establishment; Mahrous Trading Institute; Mahrus Group; Mahrus Trading Establishment
	Address	Rawda Street, Damascus, Syria; Al Rawdah, Damascus, Syria
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
31	Name of entity	Mahrous Trading FZE
	Also known as	Mahrus Trading FZE
	Address	P.O. Box 16111, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
32	Name of entity	Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology
	Also known as	HIAST
	Address	P.O. Box 31983, Barzeh, Damascus, Syria
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
33	Name of entity	Expert Partners
	Also known as	Experts Partners
	Address	Rukn Addin, Saladin Street, Building 5, P.O. Box 7006, Damascus, Syria
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
34	Name of entity	Organisation for Technological Industries
	Also known as	OTI; Technical Industries Corporation (TIC); Organization for Technological Industries; The Organization for Technical Industries
	Address	Sham Algadida OTip Box, P.O. Box 11037, Damascus, Syria
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
35	Name of entity	National Standards and Calibration Laboratory
	Also known as	NSCL; National Calibration Centre
	Address	P.O. Box 4470, Damascus, Syria
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
36	Name of entity	Megatrade
	Address	Aleppo Street, P.O. Box 5966, Damascus, Syria
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
37	Name of entity	Yona Star International
	Also known as	Unistar Company; Yona Holding; Yona Star; Yona Star Company; Yona Star Shipping; Yona Star Trading International Co. Ltd
	Address	Damascus Airport Free Zone, Damascus, Syria; Al Maktoum Street, Building MM Office #7, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
38	Name of entity	Sigma Tech
	Also known as	Sigma Tech Company
	Address	Fayez Mansour Street, Building No 35, Floor No 2, Baramkeh, P.O. Box 34081, Damascus, Syria
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
39	Name of entity	Technolab
	Also known as	Techno Lab
	Address	Trabolsi Building, 2nd Floor, Main Road, Deir El Zahrani, Nabatieh, Lebanon
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
	Additional information	Registration number: 6000845 Nabatieh, Lebanon
40	Name of entity	Syrian Company for Information Technology
	Also known as	SCIT
	Address	P.O. Box 11037, Damascus, Syria
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
41	Name of entity	Shadi For Cars Trading
	Address	Tayyouneh‑Bdeir Building, 2nd floor, Beirut, Lebanon
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017
42	Name of entity	Denise Company
	Address	Tayyouneh‑Bdeir Building, 2nd floor, Beirut, Lebanon
	Instrument of first designation	Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017

10 Part 3 of Schedule 1

Repeal the part.

Part 2 – Repeal of spent provisions

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction) List 2012

11 Part 4

Repeal the part.

12 Part 1A of Schedule 1

Repeal the part.

Part 3 – Repeal of instrument

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2017

13 The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.

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Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023