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BANKING (FOREIGN EXCHANGE) REGULATIONS 1959

DIRECTION RELATING TO FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND TO IRAN - AMENDMENT TO THE ANNEX

VARIATION OF EXEMPTIONS - AMENDMENT TO THE ANNEXES

The Reserve Bank of Australia hereby amends:

(i) the Annex to the Direction dated 13 October 2008; and

(ii) the Annex to the Variation of Exemption dated 13 October 2008 relating to sub-regulations 6(1) of the Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959; and

(iii) the Annex to the Variation of Exemption dated 13 October 2008 relating to sub-regulations 8(1)(a) of the Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959,

as published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. S 200, 15 October 2008, by substituting the following Annex.

Annex

PERSON/ENTITY DESCRIPTION

Bank Mellat

Bank Melli

Bank Saderat

Armed Forces Geographical Organisation

Khatem-ol Anbiya Construction Organisation

Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) a.k.a. Arya Shipping Company, IRI Shipping Lines, and IRISL Group

Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL)

IRGC Brigadier-General Mostafa Mohammad NAJJAR Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics.

IRGC Brigadier-General Ahmad VAHIDI Deputy Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics.

IRGC Brigadier-General Javad DARVISH-VAND Deputy for Inspection, MODAFL.

Mojtaba HAERI Deputy for Industry, MODAFL.

Rear Admiral Mohammad Shafi'I RUDSARI Deputy for Coordination Affairs, MODAFL.

Brigadier-General Beik MOHAMMADLU Deputy, MODAFL.

IRGC Brigadier-General Ali SHAMSHIRI Senior Official, MODAFL.

Iran Electronic Industries (IEI) IEI is a wholly owned subsidiary of MODAFL.

Ebrahim MAHMUDZADEH (also Mahmoudzedeh) Managing Director, IEI.

Malek Ashtar University Ministry of Defence Logistics Export (MODLEX)

State Purchasing Organisation (SPO)

IRGC Brigadier-General Ali HOSEYNITASH Former Deputy Secretary, Supreme National Security Council.

Mohammad Ali JAFARI, IRGC Commander, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

IRGC General Rostam Qasemi Commander of Khatem ol-Anbiya Construction Organisation

Brigadier-General Mohammad NADERI Head, Aerospace Industries Organisation (AIO). AIO includes Shahid Hemmat Industries Group (SHIG) and Shahid Bakeri Industries Group (SBIG); both of these groups were designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006).

This amendment will come into operation on 21 July 2010.

Dated at Sydney this 14th day of July 2010.

For and on behalf of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Glenn Stevens Governor

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