Notice

In accordance with section 15 of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (Cth) (the Act), the Minister for Foreign Affairs (the Minister) has previously listed, by legislative instrument, persons and entities upon being satisfied on reasonable grounds that they are:

1. a person who commits, or attempts to commit, terrorist acts or participates in or facilitates the commission of terrorist acts; or
2. an entity owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such persons; or
3. a person or an entity acting on behalf of, or at the direction of such persons and entities.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) GIVES NOTICE TO THE PERSONS AND ENTITIES NAMED BELOW that the Minister will be considering whether these listings under section 15 of the Act will continue to have effect:

Listed Persons and Entities

1. Abu Nidal Organization
2. Al-Aqsa Foundation
3. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade
4. Al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent
5. Al-Shabaab
6. Association de Secours Palestinien
7. Aum Shinrikyo
8. Babbar Khalsa
9. Basque Fatherland and Liberty
10. Beit El-Mal Holdings
11. Comité de Bienfaisance et de Secours aux Palestiniens
12. Continuity Irish Republican Army
13. First of October Antifascist Resistance Group
14. Gama'a al Islamiyya
15. Hamas
16. Hizballah
17. International Sikh Youth Federation
18. Islamic State in Libya
19. Kahane Lives
20. Kurdistan Workers' Party
21. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
22. Loyalist Volunteer Force
23. National Liberation Army
24. New People's Army/Communist Party of the Philippines
25. Orange Volunteers
26. Palestine Liberation Front
27. Palestinian Islamic Jihad
28. Palestinian Relief and Development Fund
29. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
30. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command.
31. Real Irish Republican Army
32. Red Hand Defenders
33. Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
34. Sanabil Association for Relief and Development
35. Shining Path
36. Ulster Defence Association
37. Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al Nasser
38. Ahmad Ibrahim Al Mughassil
39. Aitzol Iriondo Yarza
40. Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie
41. Assad Ahmad Barakat
42. Eneko Gogeascoechea Arronategui
43. Eusebio Arzallus Tapia
44. Fermín Vila Michelena
45. Gorka Palacios Alday
46. Hasan Izz-Al-Din
47. Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub
48. Iñigo Vallego Franco
49. Itziar Alberdi Uranga
50. Iván Apaolaza Sancho
51. José Antonio Urruticoechea Bengoechea
52. José Ignacio Reta de Frutos
53. Jose Maria Sison
54. Juan Jesús Narváez Goñi
55. Juan Luis Rubenach Roig
56. Khalid Mishaal
57. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
58. Maria Soledad Iparraguirre Guenechea
59. Miguel De Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina
60. Musa Abu Marzouk
61. Usama Hamdan
62. Zigor Orbe Sevillano

Aliases for the abovementioned persons and entities are included in DFAT's Consolidated List.

Effects of Listing

The effect of a listing under section 15 of the Act is as follows:

1. any person holding a 'freezable asset' (including an asset that is owned or controlled by a listed person or entity) commits an offence if they, without the authorisation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, use or deal with that asset, or allow it to be used or dealt with, or facilitate the use of or dealing with it; and
2. any person who, directly or indirectly, makes an asset available to a listed person or entity, without the authorisation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, commits an offence.

Request for further information

DFAT will provide listed persons or entities, or their authorised representatives, with additional information about their listing, upon written request to the address below.

Submissions

A listed person or entity, or their authorised representative, may make a written submission to the Minister, in order to inform the Minister's consideration of whether to declare that the listing of the person or entity under section 15 of the Act will continue to have effect.

Submissions must be received by 5pm on 31 July 2024 Australian Eastern Standard Time. DFAT reserves the right not to consider late submissions.

Application for revocation of a listing

Listed persons or entities, or their authorised representative, may apply in writing to the Minister at any time to have the listing revoked. The application must set out the circumstances relied upon to justify the application.

Address to request additional information, make a submission or apply to revoke a listing

By email to: sanctions@dfat.gov.au (preferred option)

By post to: 
Director, Australian Sanctions Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
RG Casey Building
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221 Australia
 

Application for sanctions permit to use or deal with a 'freezable asset' or to make an asset available to a listed person or entity

The Act provides that an owner or holder of a 'freezable asset' may apply to the Minister for a permit to authorise use of or dealing with the 'freezable asset' in a specified way.

The Act also provides that an owner or holder of an asset may apply to the Minister for a permit to authorise a person or entity to make assets available to a listed person or entity.

Applications for permits must be in writing and, with respect to a 'freezable asset', must 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 DFAT's online portal, Pax.