{"id":"F2017L01001","name":"Autonomous Sanctions (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol) Amendment Specification 2017","slug":"autonomous-sanctions-russia-crimea-and-sevastopol-amendment-specification-2017","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439284,"registerId":"F2017L01001-fast-fetch-1775955370213","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Autonomous Sanctions (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol) Amendment Specification 2017","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n\n\n \n\nAutonomous Sanctions (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol) Amendment Specification 2017\n\nI, JULIE BISHOP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make the following Specification.\n\nDated 28 July 2017 \n\nJULIE BISHOP \n\nMinister for Foreign Affairs\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Amendment of the Autonomous Sanctions (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol) Specification 2015\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments\n\nAutonomous Sanctions (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol) Specification 2015\n\n \n\n \n\n1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol) Amendment Specification 2017.\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 4(2) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.\n\n4 Amendment of the Autonomous Sanctions (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol) Specification 2015\n\n1. Schedule 1 amends the Autonomous Sanctions (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol) Specification 2015.\n2. For the avoidance of doubt, section 4 of the Autonomous Sanctions (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol) Specification 2015 does not apply with respect to this amendment to Schedule 1 of the Autonomous Sanctions (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol) Specification 2015.\n\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments\n\nAutonomous Sanctions (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol) Specification 2015\n\nSchedule 1 List of goods\n\nRepeal Schedule 1, substitute:\n\n \n\nSchedule 1 List of goods\n\n(section 3)\n\nPart 1 Russia\n\n| Item | Description | Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification (AHECC) Code |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n| 1. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, seamless, of stainless steel | 7304 11 10 | | |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, seamless, of iron or steel, of an external diameter not exceeding 168.3 mm (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron) | 7304 19 90 | | |\n| 3. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, seamless, of iron or steel, of an external diameter exceeding 168.3 mm but not exceeding 406.4 mm (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron) | 7304 19 90 | | |\n| 4. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, seamless, of iron or steel, of an external diameter exceeding 406.4 mm (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron) | 7304 19 90 | | |\n| 5. | Drill pipe, seamless, of stainless steel, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas | 7304 22 11 | | |\n| 6. | Drill pipe, seamless, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, of iron or steel (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron) | 7304 23 91 | | |\n| 7. | Casing and tubing of a kind used for drilling for oil or gas, seamless, of iron or steel, of an external diameter not exceeding 168.3 mm (excl. products of cast iron) | 7304 29 92 | | |\n| 8. | Casing and tubing of a kind used for drilling for oil or gas, seamless, of iron or steel, of an external diameter exceeding 168.3 mm, but not exceeding 406.4 mm (excl. products of cast iron) | 7304 29 92 | | |\n| 9. | Casing and tubing of a kind used for drilling for oil or gas, seamless, of iron or steel, of an external diameter exceeding 406.4 mm (excl. products of cast iron) | 7304 29 92 | | |\n\n\n\n\n\n| 10. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, having circular cross-sections and an external diameter of exceeding 406.4 mm, of iron or steel, longitudinally submerged arc welded | 7305 11 00 | | | |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 11. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, having circular cross-sections and an external diameter of exceeding 406.4 mm, of iron or steel, longitudinally arc welded (excl. products longitudinally submerged arc welded) | 7305 12 00 | | | |\n| 12. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, having circular cross-sections and an external diameter of exceeding 406.4 mm, of flat-rolled products of iron or steel (excl. products longitudinally arc welded) | 7305 19 00 | | | |\n| 13. | Casing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, having circular cross-sections and an external diameter of exceeding 406.4 mm, of flat-rolled products of iron or steel | 7305 20 00 | | | |\n| 14. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, welded, of flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of an external diameter of not exceeding 406.4 mm | 7306 11 13 | | | |\n| 15. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, welded, of flat-rolled products of iron or steel, of an external diameter of not exceeding 406.4 mm (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron) | 7306 19 93 | | | |\n| 16. | Casing and tubing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, welded, of flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of an external diameter of not exceeding 406.4 mm | 7306 21 14 | | | |\n| 17. | Casing and tubing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, welded, of flat-rolled products of iron or steel, of an external diameter of not exceeding 406.4 mm (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron) | 7306 29 94 | | | |\n| 18. | Rock-drilling or earth-boring tools, interchangeable, with working parts of sintered metal carbides or cermets | 8207 13 00 | | | |\n| 19. | Rock-drilling or earth-boring tools, interchangeable, with working parts of diamond or agglomerated diamond | 8207 19 00 | | | |\n| 20. | Reciprocating positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps) | 8413 50 01 | | | |\n| 21. | Rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine) | 8413 60 01 | | | |\n| 22. | Liquid elevators (excl. pumps) | 8413 82 00 | | | |\n| 23. | Parts of liquid elevators, not elsewhere specified | 8413 92 00 | | | |\n| 24. | Boring or sinking machinery for boring earth or extracting minerals or ores, not self-propelled and not hydraulic (excl. tunnelling machinery and hand-operated tools) | 8430 49 00 | | | |\n| 25. | Parts of lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery not elsewhere specified | 8431 39 11 | | | |\n| 26. | Parts for boring or sinking machinery of Item 24 not elsewhere specified | 8431 43 00 | | | |\n| 27. | Parts of machinery of
- ships' derricks; cranes, including cable cranes; mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane
- self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levelers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers; and
- Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores, pile-drivers and pile-extractors, snowploughs and snowblowers
not elsewhere specified | 8431 49 50
| | | |\n| 28. | Mobile drilling derricks | 8705 20 10
8705 20 20 | | | |\n| 29. | Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | 8905 20 00(a) | | | |\n| 30. | Sea-going light vessels, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function (excl. dredgers, floating or submersible drilling or production platforms; fishing vessels and warships) | 8905 90 00(a) | | | |\n| | | | | | |\n\n\n \n\nPart 2 Crimea and Sevastopol\n\n| Item | Description | Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification (AHECC) Code |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n| 1. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, seamless, of stainless steel | 7304 11 10 |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 2. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, seamless, of iron or steel, of an external diameter not exceeding 168.3 mm (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron) | 7304 19 90 |\n| 3. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, seamless, of iron or steel, of an external diameter exceeding 168.3 mm but not exceeding 406.4 mm (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron) | 7304 19 90 |\n| 4. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, seamless, of iron or steel, of an external diameter exceeding 406.4 mm (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron) | 7304 19 90 |\n| 5. | Drill pipe, seamless, of stainless steel, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas | 7304 22 11 |\n| 6. | Drill pipe, seamless, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, of iron or steel (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron) | 7304 23 91 |\n| 7. | Casing and tubing, casing and tubing, seamless, of a kind used for drilling for oil or gas, of stainless steel | 7304 24 12 |\n| 8. | Casing and tubing of a kind used for drilling for oil or gas, seamless, of iron or steel, of an external diameter not exceeding 168.3 mm (excl. products of cast iron) | 7304 29 92 |\n| 9. | Casing and tubing of a kind used for drilling for oil or gas, seamless, of iron or steel, of an external diameter exceeding 168.3 mm, but not exceeding 406.4 mm (excl. products of cast iron) | 7304 29 92 |\n| 10. | Casing and tubing of a kind used for drilling for oil or gas, seamless, of iron or steel, of an external diameter exceeding 406,4 mm (excl. products of cast iron) | 7304 29 92 |\n| 11. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, having circular cross-sections and an external diameter of exceeding 406.4 mm, of iron or steel, longitudinally submerged arc welded | 7305 11 00 |\n| 12. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, having circular cross-sections and an external diameter of exceeding 406.4 mm, of iron or steel, longitudinally arc welded (excl. products longitudinally submerged arc welded) | 7305 12 00 |\n| 13. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, having circular cross-sections and an external diameter of exceeding 406.4 mm, of flat-rolled products of iron or steel (excl. products longitudinally arc welded) | 7305 19 00 |\n| 14. | Casing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, having circular cross-sections and an external diameter of exceeding 406.4 mm, of flat-rolled products of iron or steel | 7305 20 00 |\n| 15. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, welded, of flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of an external diameter of not exceeding 406.4 mm | 7306 11 13 |\n| 16. | Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, welded, of flat-rolled products of iron or steel, of an external diameter of not exceeding 406.4 mm (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron) | 7306 19 93 |\n| 17. | Casing and tubing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, welded, of flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of an external diameter of not exceeding 406.4 mm | 7306 21 14 |\n| 18. | Casing and tubing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, welded, of flat-rolled products of iron or steel, of an external diameter of not exceeding 406.4 mm (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron) | 7306 29 94 |\n| 19. | Containers of iron or steel, for compressed or liquefied gas (excl. containers specifically constructed or equipped for one or more types of transport) | 7311 00 25 |\n| 20. | Rock-drilling or earth-boring tools, interchangeable, with working parts of sintered metal carbides or cermets | 8207 13 00 |\n| 21. | Rock-drilling or earth-boring tools, interchangeable, with working parts of diamond or agglomerated diamond | 8207 19 00 |\n| 22. | Reciprocating positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps)
| 8413 50 01 |\n| 23. | Rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine) | 8413 60 01 |\n| 24. | Liquid elevators (excl. pumps) | 8413 82 00 |\n| 25. | Parts of liquid elevators, not elsewhere specified. | 8413 92 00 |\n| 26. | Boring or sinking machinery for boring earth or extracting minerals or ores, not self-propelled and not hydraulic (excl. tunnelling machinery and hand-operated tools) | 8430 49 00 |\n| 27. | Parts of lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery not elsewhere specified | 8431 39 11 |\n| 28. | Parts for boring or sinking machinery of Item 26 not elsewhere specified | 8431 43 00 |\n| 29. | Parts of machinery of
- ships' derricks; cranes, including cable cranes; mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane
- self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levelers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers; and
- Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores, pile-drivers and pile-extractors, snowploughs and snowblowers
not elsewhere specified | 8431 49 50
|\n| 30. | Mobile drilling derricks | 8705 20 10
8705 20 20 |\n| 31. | Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | 8905 20 00(a) |\n| 32. | Sea-going light vessels, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function (excl. dredgers, floating or submersible drilling or production platforms; fishing vessels and warships) | 8905 90 00(a) |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment stays within the original scope of the 2015 Specification. It updates the list of sanctioned goods but does not expand the geographic scope or introduce new types of restrictions beyond the existing export prohibition framework."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward amendment structure with only one substantive change (replacing Schedule 1)","No defined terms requiring interpretation beyond standard trade classification codes","Content consists primarily of technical product descriptions and Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification (AHECC) codes","Simple two-part structure distinguishing between Russia and Crimea/Sevastopol","No nested exceptions or conditional logic—just a flat list of prohibited goods","Single cross-reference to the parent Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011"],"plain_english_summary":"This law tightens Australian trade sanctions on Russia and the occupied territories of Crimea and Sevastopol by replacing the old prohibited‑goods list with a broader one that more strictly bars oil and gas exploration equipment, steel pipes, drilling machinery, pumps and related parts unless specially permitted.\n\nIt mainly affects Australian manufacturers, traders and shippers of energy‑sector equipment and is intended to curb Russia’s ability to develop new oil and gas resources and signal disapproval of the 2014 annexation."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument replaces Schedule 1 of the 2015 Specification with a new, detailed List of goods for Russia and for Crimea and Sevastopol, thereby altering the catalogue of items subject to the autonomous sanctions (s.4; Schedule 1). 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The new list identifies specific oil‑and‑gas pipes, drilling and production equipment, pumps, parts and certain vessels (with AHECC codes) that fall within Australia’s autonomous sanctions. Australian exporters, freight handlers and customs officials must check these commodity codes before export. The Minister made the Specification under subregulation 4(2) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011; it commences the day after registration (ss.2–3)."},"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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