{"id":"F2022L00411","name":"Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Instrument 2022","slug":"autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-thematic-sanctions-instrum","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":102342,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2022L00411-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"## Part 1—Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Instrument 2022.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under regulation 6A of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 Definitions\n\n In this instrument:\n\n> Regulations means the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Designations of persons and entities and declarations of persons","content":"## Part 2—Designations of persons and entities and declarations of persons","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Serious violations or serious abuses of human rights","content":"#### 5 Serious violations or serious abuses of human rights\n\n Designated persons and entities\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph 6A(4)(a) of the Regulations, each person or entity specified in an item of a table in clause 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 is designated as a designated person or entity.\n Declared persons\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph 6A(4)(b) of the Regulations, each person specified in an item of the table in clause 1 of Schedule 1 is declared for the purpose of preventing the person from travelling to, entering or remaining in Australia.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Serious corruption","content":"#### 6 Serious corruption\n\n Designated persons and entities\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph 6A(5)(a) of the Regulations, each person or entity specified in an item of a table in clause 1 or 2 of Schedule 2 is designated as a designated person or entity.\n Declared persons\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph 6A(5)(b) of the Regulations, each person specified in an item of the table in clause 1 of Schedule 2 is declared for the purpose of preventing the person from travelling to, entering or remaining in Australia.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Significant cyber incidents","content":"#### 7 Significant cyber incidents\n\n Designated persons and entities\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph 6A(2)(a) of the Regulations, each person or entity specified in an item of a table in clause 1 or 2 of Schedule 3 is designated as a designated person or entity.\n Declared persons\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph 6A(2)(b) of the Regulations, each person specified in an item of the table in clause 1 of Schedule 3 is declared for the purpose of preventing the person from travelling to, entering or remaining in Australia.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Designated entities","content":"#### 2 Designated entities\n\n The following table specifies entities for the purposes of subsection 5(1).\n\n| Item | Description | |\n| ---- | ------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 1 | Name of entity | Morality Police |\n| | Also known as | Guidance Patrol, Gasht‑e Ershâd, Islamic Guidance Patrol, Morality Security Police, Polis‑e Amniyat‑e Akhlaqi, Iran Morality Police, Moral Security Police |\n| | Address | Vozara Street, corner of 25th Street, District 6, Tehran, Iran |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2022 |\n| 2 | Name of entity | Basij Resistance Force |\n| | Also known as | Sazman‑e Maghavemat‑e Basij, Sazman Basij Melli; National Resistance Mobilisation, Vahed‑e Basij‑e Mostazafeen, National Mobilization Organization, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Resistance Force, Nirooye Moghavemate Basij, Niruyeh Moghavemat Basij, Resistance Mobilisation Force, Mobilisation of the Oppressed Organisation, National Mobilisation Organisation, Baseej, Basij, Basij‑E Melli, Mobilisation of the Oppressed, Mobilisation of the Oppressed Unit, Organisation of the Mobilisation of the Oppressed, Sâzmâne Basij‑e Mostaz‑afin |\n| | Address | Tehran, Iran |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2022 |\n| 3 | Name of entity | Basij Cooperative Foundation |\n| | Also known as | The Basij Cooperative Foundation;Boyad Taavon Basij;Bonyad‑eh Ta’avon‑eh Basij;Fondation coopérative Basij;La Fundación Cooperativa Basij;Die Basij Cooperative Foundation |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023 |\n| 4 | Name of entity | MOHAMMAD RASULULLAH CORPS |\n| | Also known as | MOHAMMAD RASOUL‑ALLAH CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Tehran province |\n| 5 | Name of entity | BEIT AL‑MUQDAS CORPS |\n| | Also known as | BAYT AL‑MUQDAS CORPS;BEIT AL‑MUQADAS CORPS;BEIT AL‑MUQDIS CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Kurdistan province |\n| 6 | Name of entity | HAZRAT NABI AKRAM CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Kermanshah province |\n| 7 | Name of entity | SALAMAN CORPS |\n| | Also known as | SALMAN CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Sistan and Baluchistan province |\n| 8 | Name of entity | SEYYED AL‑SHOHADA CORPS |\n| | Also known as | SEYED AL‑SHOHADA CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Tehran province |\n| 9 | Name of entity | SHOHADA CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in West Azerbaijan province |\n| 10 | Name of entity | QUDS CORPS |\n| | Also known as | QODS CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Gilan province |\n| 11 | Name of entity | KARBALA CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Mazandaran province |\n| 12 | Name of entity | VALIASR CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Khuzestan province |\n| 13 | Name of entity | HAZRAT ABBAS CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Ardabil province |\n| 14 | Name of entity | IMAM HASSAN MUJTABA CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Alborz province |\n| 15 | Name of entity | FAJR CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Fars province |\n| 16 | Name of entity | SAHEB AL‑ZAMAN CORPS |\n| | Also known as | SAHIB AL‑ZAMAN CORPS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Isfahan province |\n| 17 | Name of entity | SARALLAH HEADQUARTERS |\n| | Also known as | THARULLAH HEADQUARTERS |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023 |\n| | Additional information | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters, responsible for the defence of Iran’s capital, Tehran |\n| 18 | Name of entity | Hilltop Youth |\n| | Also known as | No’ar HaGva’ot;Givonim |\n| | Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 4) Instrument 2024 |\n\nSchedule 2—Serious corruption\n\nNote: See section 6.","sortOrder":9}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"completionTokens":667},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Originally focused on Russian human rights abuses and corruption (Magnitsky-style sanctions), the instrument has expanded significantly to include: Iranian officials and entities following the 2022 protests and Mahsa Amini's death; cybercriminals and ransomware operators targeting Australian interests (Medibank breach); and most recently (2025) Israeli ministers and settler groups — shifting from purely thematic sanctions to country-specific political targets."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple amendment instruments consolidated into one document with varying numbering (No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 from 2022-2025)","Cross-references to parent Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 (regulation 6A)","Three distinct thematic schedules with different legal bases (human rights, corruption, cyber incidents)","Extensive use of aliases for individuals (some have 10+ alternate names)","Multiple date formats and uncertain dates (e.g., 'March 1968 to March 1969', 'a) 1959; b) 1962')","Entities with overlapping names and alternative spellings in multiple languages"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument is a targeted sanctions list that designates individuals and organisations for serious human rights abuses, corruption and significant cyber incidents, freezing their Australian assets, banning most dealings with Australians and imposing travel bans. It names dozens of people and entities linked to Russian corruption and repression, Iranian security forces, and international cybercriminal groups.\n\nAs Australia’s “Magnitsky-style” regime, it lets Australia act independently to punish abuses and cybercrime when broader diplomatic consensus isn’t possible."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument stays within the thematic listing powers granted by regulation 6A of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011: it adds and records named persons and entities for human rights abuses, serious corruption and significant cyber incidents. Over time the list has expanded (multiple amendment instruments add new names and groups), but that is expansion of the roster of targets rather than a change in legal scope or type of sanction. In short: the instrument broadens coverage by adding more entries, but it does not materially change the statutory sanctioning powers or introduce new categories outside the original thematic authorities."},"complexity_factors":["Three thematic schedules (human rights, corruption, cyber) with separate designation/declaration rules (ss 5–7)","Long enumerated lists: well over 100 individual entries across Schedules 1–3","Many aliases and multiple possible dates/places of birth per entry (increases identification complexity)","Frequent amendment instruments referenced for many entries (several ‘Amendment (No. X) Instrument YYYY’ notes)","Cross‑reference to regulation 6A of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 (delegated power triggers separate statutory prohibitions)","Distinction between ‘designated’ (sanctions apply) and ‘declared’ (travel ban) creates two legal effects to track","Limited internal conditional logic (mostly a flat listing instrument) — low statutory complexity but high operational complexity for implementers"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does, in simple terms**\n\n- This is a Ministerial (executive) instrument that formally names people and organisations to be put on Australia’s autonomous (domestic) sanctions lists. It is made under regulation 6A of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 (see clause 3).\n\n- It operates by listing — in three thematic groups — (a) people and entities linked to serious violations or abuses of human rights (clause 5 and Schedule 1), (b) people linked to serious corruption (clause 6 and Schedule 2), and (c) people and entities linked to significant cyber incidents (clause 7 and Schedule 3). The instrument both “designates” persons/entities for sanctions and, for some individuals, “declares” them so they are prevented from travelling to, entering or remaining in Australia (see subsections 5(1)–(2), 6(1)–(2), 7(1)–(2)).\n\n- Mechanically, the instrument is a list. Each schedule contains tables that identify named persons and entities, with identifying details (aliases, dates/places of birth, nationality, and the amendment instrument that first added them). Where a person is “declared”, the instrument records that the declaration is for a travel ban purpose. Where a person or entity is “designated”, that enables the range of sanctions measures available under the Autonomous Sanctions Act/Regulations to apply to them.\n\n**Who this affects**\n\n- Designated persons and entities named in the schedules. (They will be subject to the sanctions measures available under Australia’s sanctions laws.)\n- Declared persons named in the schedules. (They are specifically targeted by travel‑ban measures — prevented from entering or remaining in Australia.)\n- Australian and Australia‑based private parties that deal with the listed persons or entities: banks, insurers, freight and logistics firms, professional advisers, suppliers, and businesses that export to or import from the listed entities. These parties must screen and refuse or terminate prohibited dealings.\n- Airlines, immigration authorities and border agencies (for enforcing travel bans).\n\n**Why it matters (legal and practical effects)**\n\n- A “designation” under this instrument activates the sanctions regime in the Autonomous Sanctions Act and Regulations against the named subject. Although this instrument itself is a listing instrument (it does not restate every downstream prohibition), designation typically enables prohibitions such as asset freezing, prohibitions on providing financial services, and other trade and transactional restrictions under the parent legislation and regulations.\n\n- A “declaration” recorded here means the person is subject to Australia’s travel restrictions (they are prevented from travelling to, entering, or remaining in Australia). The instrument records that purpose explicitly for relevant schedule items (see subsections 5(2), 6(2), 7(2)).\n\n**Official rationale and how the instrument implements it**\n\n- The schedules are organised by the thematic reasons for listing: serious human rights abuse (Schedule 1), serious corruption (Schedule 2), and significant cyber incidents (Schedule 3). The instrument therefore implements thematic sanctions authorities in regulation 6A (the delegated power to list people/entities for those thematic reasons).\n\n- The instrument itself does not set new criminal offences or new types of sanctions; instead it exercises an existing executive power to name subjects to which pre‑existing regulatory prohibitions attach.\n\n**Costs, incentives and trade‑offs (practical testing of the rationale)**\n\n- Who pays: the immediate compliance cost falls mainly on regulated private actors (banks, payment service providers, insurers, freight operators, professional services firms) that must screen customers and stop or refuse prohibited transactions. The named persons and entities bear the direct economic cost of restrictions (frozen assets, inability to receive services in Australia, travel bans). Government agencies pay enforcement and administration costs.\n\n- Compliance burden: the instrument contains many individual entries, aliases and amended additions. That increases the operational cost for firms that must keep internal watchlists up to date and implement automated screening. Frequent amendments multiply that burden (each amendment instrument is recorded under items).\n\n- Behavioural incentives and substitution effects: sanctions encourage private parties to avoid transactional relationships with listed subjects. That can drive listed persons to use proxies, shell entities, informal value‑transfer mechanisms, alternative jurisdictions, or emerging payment rails (including virtual assets) to continue activity — substitution effects that may reduce enforcement effectiveness unless financial intelligence and cross‑jurisdictional cooperation keep pace.\n\n- Implementation risk and identification errors: multiple aliases, varying dates of birth and duplicate names increase the risk of false positives (innocent people wrongly matched to the list) and require careful identity checks before refusing services. That raises legal and operational risks for businesses and for the listed individual if the identity details are incorrect or incomplete.\n\n- Bureaucratic discretion and predictability: the instrument is an executive list made under regulation 6A. That gives the responsible authority (executive branch) discretion to add or remove names by instrument rather than by primary legislation, which allows for relatively rapid updates but concentrates decision‑making in the executive and requires businesses to monitor administrative instruments rather than statutory amending Acts.\n\n**Market effects and freedom of contract**\n\n- The instrument restricts freedom of contract only in relation to dealings with designated persons and entities (the prohibitions stem from the parent sanctions law). For most Australian businesses, the practical effect is to require screening and to refuse or wind down prohibited commercial relationships with listed subjects.\n\n- Competition and prices: in the short term, compliance costs are likely to be absorbed by affected firms (higher compliance overheads). At scale, these costs can be passed on through higher fees for cross‑border payments, trade finance or sector‑specific services.\n\n**Operational notes and practical points**\n\n- The instrument documents when each name was first added (the instrument of first designation/amendment), which helps affected firms trace changes. Many entries show multiple amendments and aliases — watch lists and customer‑due‑diligence systems must use the full set of identifiers (aliases, DOBs, passport numbers) to reduce errors.\n\n- The instrument lists both individuals and entire organisations (e.g., the Basij, Morality Police, IRGC provincial corps, and named cyber infrastructure companies). Listing an entity extends prohibitions to dealing with that organisation, not only to named individuals.\n\n**Bottom line**\n\n- Mechanically this instrument is an executive sanctions list that brings named persons and entities within Australia’s existing autonomous sanctions framework for human rights abuses, corruption and cyber incidents. It imposes travel bans on some individuals and enables the usual sanctions prohibitions (asset/transaction restrictions) through the Autonomous Sanctions Act/Regulations. The main practical effects are on the listed subjects (direct restrictions) and on Australian businesses and intermediaries (screening and compliance costs)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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