Bill
Autonomous Sanctions Amendment Bill 2024
passed, as at 2024-04-08. Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Foreign Affairs and Trade
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2024-02-15
- second reading — 2024-02-15
- second reading — 2024-02-27
- other — 2024-02-27
- second reading — 2024-02-28
- second reading — 2024-02-28
- other — 2024-02-28
- third reading — 2024-02-28
- introduced — 2024-02-29
- second reading — 2024-02-29
- second reading — 2024-03-25
- second reading — 2024-03-25
- committee — 2024-03-25
- third reading — 2024-03-27
- passed — 2024-03-27
- royal assent — 2024-04-08
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2024-02-15.
The bill would confirm that individuals and entities can be sanctioned for past conduct or status under Australia's autonomous sanctions framework.
It would clarify that sanctions are valid even if the minister's decision to impose them, or to choose between financial sanctions and travel bans, is not explicitly clear.
The bill would apply to activities in Australia and to Australian citizens and registered bodies corporate overseas, with non-compliance attracting heavy penalties.
- Explicitly confirms that sanctions can be based on past conduct or status.
- Ensures the validity of sanctions made based on past conduct or status.
- Confirms that sanctions are valid even where the minister's discretion is not explicitly clear.
Individuals, entities, Australian citizens, and Australian registered bodies corporate subject to autonomous sanctions.
Sources
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