{"id":"F2018L00108","name":"Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Zimbabwe) Continuing Effect Declaration 2018","slug":"autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-zimbabwe-continuing-effect","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439470,"registerId":"F2018L00108-fast-fetch-1775955485864","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Zimbabwe) Continuing Effect Declaration 2018","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Charter of the United Nations (UN Sanction Enforcement Law) Declaration 2008\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n\n\nAutonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Zimbabwe) Continuing Effect Declaration 2018\n\nI, JULIE BISHOP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make the following legislative instrument.\n\nDated 2 February 2018\n\n \n\n \n\nJULIE BISHOP\n\nMinister for Foreign Affairs\n\n\n\n\nContents\n\n[1 Name](#_Toc503540499)\n\n[2 Commencement](#_Toc503540500)\n\n[3 Authority](#_Toc503540501)\n\n[4 Designations and declarations to continue to have effect](#_Toc503540502)\n\n[5 Designations to continue to have effect](#_Toc503540503)\n\n[6 Amendment of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Zimbabwe) List 2012](#_Toc503540504)\n\n[Schedule 1 Designations and declarations declared to continue to have effect](#_Toc503540505)\n\n[Schedule 2 Designations declared to continue to have effect](#_Toc503540506)\n\n[Schedule 3 Amendments](#_Toc503540507)\n\n \n\n\n\n\n1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Zimbabwe) Continuing Effect Declaration 2018.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under subregulation 9(3) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.\n\n4 Designations and declarations to continue to have effect\n\n For subregulation 9(3) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, each of the persons listed in Schedule 1 is a person that the Minister is satisfied is engaged in, or has engaged in, activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe, and each person’s designation as a designated person and declaration as a declared person in Schedule 1, Part 1 of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Zimbabwe) List 2012 is declared to continue to have effect.\n\n5 Designations to continue to have effect\n\n For subregulation 9(3) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, the entity listed in Schedule 2 is an entity that the Minister is satisfied is engaged in, or has engaged in, activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe, and the entity’s designation as a designated entity in Schedule 1, Part 2 of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Zimbabwe) List 2012 is declared to continue to have effect.\n\n6 Amendment of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Zimbabwe) List 2012\n\n \n\nSchedule 3 amends the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Zimbabwe) List 2012.\n\nNote: Subregulation 9(1) and 9(2) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 (the Regulations) provide that designations under paragraph 6(1)(a) of the Regulations and declarations under paragraph 6(1)(b) of the Regulations cease to have effect on the third anniversary of the day on which the designation or declaration took effect (if no declaration under subregulation 9(3) has been made in relation to the designation or declaration) or, otherwise, the third anniversary of the making of the most recent declaration in relation to the designation or declaration.\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1 Designations and declarations declared to continue to have effect \n\n \n\n| Item | Description | |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| | | |\n| 1 | Name of Individual: | Augustine CHIHURI |\n| | Additional Information: | Police Commissioner-General |\n| | Date of Birth: | 10/03/1953 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2002ZIM0015 |\n| | | |\n| 2 | Name of Individual: | Constantine CHIWENGA |\n| | Additional Information: | Lt Gen, Commander Zimbabwe Defence Forces |\n| | Date of Birth: | 25/08/1956 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2002ZIM0025 |\n| | | |\n| 3 | Name of Individual: | Grace MUGABE |\n| | Additional Information: | Spouse of Robert Mugabe |\n| | Date of Birth: | 23/07/1965 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2002ZIM0111 |\n| | | |\n| 4 | Name of Individual: | Perence SHIRI |\n| | Additional Information: | Minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement |\n| | Date of Birth: | 1/11/1955 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2002ZIM0167 |\n| | | |\n| 5 | Name of Individual: | Phillip Valentine SIBANDA |\n| | Additional Information: | Commander, Zimbabwe National Army |\n| | Date of Birth: | 25/08/1956 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2005ZIM0172 |\n| | | |\n| 6 | Name of Individual: | Robert Gabriel MUGABE |\n| | Additional Information: | Former President |\n| | Date of Birth: | 21/02/1924 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2002ZIM0113 |\n| | | |\n| 7 | Name of Individual: | Happyton BONYONGWE |\n| | Additional Information: | Former Director-General, Central Intelligence Organisation |\n| | Date of Birth: | 6/11/1960 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2002ZIM0002
|\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 2 Designations declared to continue to have effect\n\nDesignated entities\n\n \n\n| Item | Description | |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Name of Entity: | Zimbabwe Defence Industries (PVT) Ltd |\n| | Address: | 10th floor, Trustee House, 55 Samora Machel Ave, Harare, PO Box 6597 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2008ZIM0262 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 3 Amendments\n\n \n\nAutonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Zimbabwe) List 2012\n\n \n\nSchedule 1 Designated persons and entities and declared persons\n\n \n\nRepeal the Schedule, substitute:\n\n \n\n \n\nPart 1 Designated and declared persons\n\n \n\n| Item | Description | |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Name of Individual: | Augustine CHIHURI |\n| | Additional Information: | Police Commissioner-General |\n| | Date of Birth: | 10/03/1953 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2002ZIM0015 |\n| | | |\n| 2 | Name of Individual: | Constantine CHIWENGA |\n| | Additional Information: | Lt Gen, Commander Zimbabwe Defence Forces |\n| | Date of Birth: | 25/08/1956 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2002ZIM0025 |\n| | | |\n| 3 | Name of Individual: | Grace MUGABE |\n| | Additional Information: | Spouse of Robert Mugabe |\n| | Date of Birth: | 23/07/1965 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2002ZIM0111 |\n| | | |\n| 4 | Name of Individual: | Perence SHIRI |\n| | Additional Information: | Minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement |\n| | Date of Birth: | 1/11/1955 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2002ZIM0167 |\n| | | |\n| 5 | Name of Individual: | Phillip Valentine SIBANDA |\n| | Additional Information: | Commander, Zimbabwe National Army |\n| | Date of Birth: | 25/08/1956 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2005ZIM0172 |\n| | | |\n| 6 | Name of Individual: | Robert Gabriel MUGABE |\n| | Additional Information: | Former President |\n| | Date of Birth: | 21/02/1924 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2002ZIM0113 |\n| | | |\n| 7 | Name of Individual: | Happyton BONYONGWE |\n| | Additional Information: | Former Director-General, Central Intelligence Organisation |\n| | Date of Birth: | 6/11/1960 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2002ZIM0002
|\n\n\n \n\nPart 2 Designated entities\n\n \n\n| Item | Description | |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Name of Entity: | Zimbabwe Defence Industries (PVT) Ltd |\n| | Address: | 10th floor, Trustee House, 55 Samora Machel Ave, Harare, PO Box 6597 |\n| | Listing Information: | Formerly listed on the RBA Consolidated List as 2008ZIM0262 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand the sanctions regime’s subject matter. It declares that specified prior designations and declarations continue to have effect and replaces the 2012 List schedule to ensure those same listings do not lapse under the Regulations’ three‑year expiry rule (see ss 4–6 and Schedule 3). There are no additional persons or entities added beyond those carried forward."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑reference to Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 (authority and expiry mechanism) — requires reading both instruments (see s 3 and Note).","Ministerial satisfaction standard governs listing continuation — discretionary factual judgment under subreg 9(3).","Administrative action is mainly declaratory: continuing prior designations and declarations rather than creating new sanctions (ss 4–5, Schedules 1–2).","Amendment by repeal-and-substitute of the 2012 List requires precise schedule drafting to avoid omission errors (Schedule 3).","Temporal rule interaction: three‑year automatic expiry unless a continuing‑effect declaration is made — compliance/monitoring burden on the administering agency (Note).","Identification detail (names, DOBs, addresses) must match targeting records to avoid misapplication; risk of drafting or identification mismatches in schedules."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument keeps existing Australian autonomous sanctions against seven named Zimbabwean individuals and one Zimbabwean entity in force by declaring their prior designations and declarations to continue under the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 (see ss 3–5, Schedules 1–2). It does not add new names; it amends the 2012 Zimbabwe sanctions list by replacing the Schedule so the specified listings do not lapse under the Regulations’ three‑year expiry rule (see Note and Schedule 3)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the parent Regulations' sunset clause mechanism. It does not expand the scope of sanctions to new persons, new criteria, or new types of restrictions. It merely maintains the status quo for existing designations."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (6 operative sections plus schedules)","No defined terms section—relies entirely on definitions in parent Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011","Simple conditional logic: if designation exists → Minister satisfied of criteria → declaration made → effect continues","Schedules 1 and 2 are purely factual tables (names, DOBs, former listing numbers)","Schedule 3 is a straightforward repeal-and-substitute amendment updating the master list","Single cross-reference only (to subregulation 9(3) of the 2011 Regulations)","No nested exceptions or conditional triggers"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument renews Australia’s existing financial and travel sanctions for three more years against seven senior Zimbabwean officials and one state-owned arms company, preserving asset freezes, travel bans and prohibitions on Australians dealing with them. \n\nIt keeps autonomous pressure on Zimbabwe’s ruling elite over human‑rights and democratic concerns, using a mandatory three‑year sunset to force periodic review."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-zimbabwe-continuing-effect","history":"/api/acts/autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-zimbabwe-continuing-effect/history","analysis":"/api/acts/autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-zimbabwe-continuing-effect/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-zimbabwe-continuing-effect/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-zimbabwe-continuing-effect/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-zimbabwe-continuing-effect/documents"}}