(1) For these Regulations, a person makes a sanctioned import if:
(a) the person:
(i) imports or purchases goods from another person; or
(ii) transports goods; and
(b) the goods are import sanctioned goods for a country or part of a country.
(2) Goods mentioned in an item of the table are import sanctioned goods for the country or part of a country mentioned in the item if:
(a) the goods are exported from the country or part of a country; or
(b) the goods originate in the country or part of a country.
Countries or parts of countries and sanctioned imports | ||
Item | Country or part of country | Goods |
1AA | A specified Ukraine region | All goods |
1A | Russia | Arms or related matériel |
2 | Syria | (a) Crude oil products of a kind specified by the Minister in an instrument under this regulation (b) Petroleum products of a kind specified by the Minister in an instrument under this regulation (c) Petrochemical products of a kind specified by the Minister in an instrument under this regulation |
(3) In addition to subregulation (2), the Minister may, by legislative instrument, designate goods as import sanctioned goods for a country or part of a country mentioned in the designation.
(4) For these Regulations, a person also makes a sanctioned import if the person imports or purchases an item of gold, precious metals and diamonds from:
(c) the government of Syria; or
(d) a public body, corporation or agency of the government of Syria; or
(e) a person entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity mentioned in paragraph (c) or (d); or
(f) an entity or body owned or controlled by an entity mentioned in paragraph (c) or (d).
(5) Subregulation (2) does not include goods originating in a specified Ukraine region which have been made available to the Ukrainian authorities for examination and for which compliance with the conditions conferring entitlement to preferential origin has been verified by the Ukrainian authorities.