{"id":"F2025L01441","name":"Criminal Code (State Sponsor of Terrorism—Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) Regulations 2025","slug":"criminal-code-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-regulations-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443058,"registerId":"F2025L01441-fast-fetch-1775957964354","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Criminal Code (State Sponsor of Terrorism—Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) Regulations 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nCriminal Code (State Sponsor of Terrorism—Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) Regulations 2025\n\nI, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.\n\nDated  27 November 2025\n\nSam Mostyn AC\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nTony Burke\n\nMinister for Home Affairs\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 State sponsor of terrorism—Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Criminal Code (State Sponsor of Terrorism—Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) Regulations 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The later of:(a) the day after this instrument is registered; and(b) the day Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Act 2025 commences.However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur. 28 November 2025(paragraph (a) applies)\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Criminal Code Act 1995.\n\n4  State sponsor of terrorism—Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\n\n (1) For the purposes of the definition of state sponsor of terrorism in subsection 110.3(1) of the Criminal Code, the entity known as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is specified.\n\n (2) The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is also known by the following names:\n\n (a) IRG;\n\n (b) IRGC;\n\n (c) Islamic Revolutionary Corps;\n\n (d) Islamic Revolutionary Guard;\n\n (e) Pasdaran;\n\n (f) Pasdaran‑e Enghelab;\n\n (g) Pasdaran‑e Enghelab‑e Islami;\n\n (h) Pasdaran‑e Enghelab‑e Islami (Pasdaran);\n\n (i) Revolutionary Guards;\n\n (j) Sepah;\n\n (k) Sepah‑e Pasdaran‑e Enghelab‑e Islami;\n\n (l) Sepah Pasdaran;\n\n (m) the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution;\n\n (n) the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument expands the legal scope of the Criminal Code's 'state sponsor of terrorism' definition by adding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a list of alternative names, so all existing offences and restrictions tied to that definition will apply to the IRGC. The designation’s operation is conditional on the linked amendment commencing, creating a single-point trigger for the scope change — sections 2 and 4."},"complexity_factors":["Conditional commencement tied to an external Act (regulation commences only after Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Act 2025 commences) — section 2.","Effect depends on how the Criminal Code's definition of 'state sponsor of terrorism' operates across multiple offences and provisions; the regulation itself only specifies the entity to be treated under that existing definition — section 4(1) and section 3 (authority).","Large list of alternative names and transliterations for the same entity (13 aliases). This reduces misidentification risk but creates drafting complexity for enforcement, compliance checks and asset/transaction screening — section 4(2).","Low administrative discretion in the text (designation is made by regulation under the Act), but significant downstream legal consequences are triggered automatically across other statutory provisions that reference the definition — sections 3 and 4(1).","Compliance burden is borne by private persons and entities who transact with, finance, or otherwise engage with the named entity because existing criminal prohibitions attached to the 'state sponsor' label will apply — section 4(1).","Potential uncertainty where related entities or subsidiaries are not named; identification of covered actors relies on the specific names inserted rather than broader corporate control tests — section 4(2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation names the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (and a list of alternative names) as a \"state sponsor of terrorism\" for the Criminal Code. That change makes the Code’s existing offences and restrictions that apply to state sponsors of terrorism also apply to the IRGC.\n\nIt affects people and organisations that deal with, support, finance or facilitate the IRGC by exposing them to the Code’s criminal liabilities; the designation takes effect when this instrument and a linked amendment to the Criminal Code commence."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow technical function intended by its enabling legislation (the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Act 2025). It simply specifies the IRGC as the entity to which the new 'state sponsor of terrorism' framework applies. There is no scope creep; it does not expand beyond the specific designation authority granted by the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (4 sections, approximately 1 page)","Single substantive provision (section 4) with straightforward declaratory function","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the enabling Act","Simple list structure for alternative names (14 aliases)","No defined terms section – relies entirely on definitions in parent Criminal Code Act 1995","Standard commencement machinery with simple contingent commencement trigger"],"plain_english_summary":"The regulation designates Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a \"state sponsor of terrorism\" under Australia’s Criminal Code and lists its alternative names to ensure all references are captured.\n\nThat gives Australian courts and law enforcement clear authority to treat the IRGC as a terrorist-supporting entity, exposes people and organisations who deal with it to criminal offences, and brings the IRGC within Australia’s counter‑terrorism financing and sanctions frameworks — a significant national‑security and foreign‑policy step aligning Australia with key allies."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/criminal-code-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-regulations-2025","history":"/api/acts/criminal-code-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-regulations-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/criminal-code-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-regulations-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/criminal-code-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-regulations-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/criminal-code-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-regulations-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/criminal-code-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-regulations-2025/documents"}}