United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Regulations 2007
Version as at 5 April 2025
United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Regulations 2007
(SR 2007/356)
Regulation name: amended, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 5 of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Anand Satyanand, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 19th day of November 2007
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Note
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Pursuant to section 2 of the United Nations Act 1946, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting—
(a)
on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
(b)
for the purpose of giving effect (in part) to the following resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations adopted under the United Nations Charter:
(i)
resolution 1267 (1999), adopted on 15 October 1999:
(ii)
resolution 1333 (2000), adopted on 19 December 2000:
(iii)
resolution 1390 (2002), adopted on 16 January 2002:
(iv)
resolution 1988 (2011), adopted on 17 June 2011:
(v)
resolution 1989 (2011), adopted on 17 June 2011:
(vi)
resolution 2253 (2015), adopted on 17 December 2015:
(vii)
resolution 2255 (2015), adopted on 21 December 2015,—
makes the following regulations.
Enacting statement, paragraph (b): replaced, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 4 of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Contents
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Regulations 2007.
Regulation 1: amended, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 5 of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 23 November 2007.
3 Interpretation
(1)
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
1988 Committee means the committee established under paragraph 30 of resolution 1988 (2011) of the Security Council, adopted under the United Nations Charter on 17 June 2011
Al-Qaida means the Al-Qaida organisation
Al-Qaida entity, for a measure that is set out or referred to in 1 or more ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and the Taliban Resolutions, and that is provided for in these regulations, means—
(a)
Al-Qaida; or
(b)
ISIL (Da’esh); or
(c)
an entity that is not Al-Qaida or ISIL (Da’esh) but is designated by or under those resolutions as an entity—
(i)
that is associated with Al-Qaida or ISIL (Da’esh); and
(ii)
to which that measure is to be applied
arms includes—
(a)
related matériel of all types (for example, weapons, ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, or paramilitary equipment); and
(b)
spare parts for any arms, or for any goods specified in paragraph (a)
Customs or the Customs has the same meaning as Customs in section 5(1) of the Customs and Excise Act 2018
Customs officer has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the Customs and Excise Act 2018
entity means a person, group, trust, partnership, or fund, or an unincorporated association or organisation
ISIL (Da’esh) means the splinter group of Al-Qaida known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham (ISIS), and also known as Da’esh
ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions committee means the committee established under paragraph 6 of resolution 1267 (1999) of the Security Council, adopted under the United Nations Charter on 15 October 1999
ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and the Taliban Resolutions means resolutions of the Security Council relating to ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, or the Taliban
Minister means the Minister of Foreign Affairs
New Zealand includes Tokelau
New Zealand aircraft means any aircraft that is registered or required to be registered in New Zealand under the Civil Aviation Act 2023
New Zealand ship means a ship registered in New Zealand, or recognised by the law of New Zealand as a ship belonging to New Zealand
Security Council means the Security Council of the United Nations
specified entity means an entity that is—
(a)
[Revoked](b)
an Al-Qaida entity; or
(c)
the Taliban; or
(d)
a Taliban entity
Taliban means the Afghan faction known as the Taliban, which also calls itself the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Taliban entity, for a measure that is set out, or referred to, in 1 or more ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and the Taliban Resolutions, and that is provided for in these regulations, means an entity that—
(a)
is not an Al-Qaida entity or the Taliban; but
(b)
is designated, by or under those resolutions, as an entity to which that measure is to be applied.
(2)
The Minister may publish a list of the names or other identifying details of any entities that are for the time being Al-Qaida entities or Taliban entities for a measure that is—
(a)
set out, or referred to, in 1 or more ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and the Taliban Resolutions; and
(b)
provided for in these regulations, the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002, or any other enactment.
(3)
The list may be published by notice in the Gazette, by using the Internet, or by any other means the Minister thinks fit.
Compare: SR 2001/26 r 3
Regulation 3(1) 1988 Committee: inserted, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 6(1) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 3(1) Al-Qaida and the Taliban Sanctions Resolutions: revoked, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 6(2) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 3(1) Al-Qaida entity: replaced, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 6(3) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 3(1) Customs or the Customs: inserted, on 1 October 2018, by section 443(4) of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 (2018 No 4).
Regulation 3(1) Customs or the Customs and Customs officer: revoked, on 1 October 2018, by section 443(4) of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 (2018 No 4).
Regulation 3(1) Customs officer: inserted, on 1 October 2018, by section 443(4) of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 (2018 No 4).
Regulation 3(1) ISIL (Da’esh): inserted, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 6(1) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 3(1) ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions committee: inserted, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 6(1) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 3(1) ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and the Taliban Resolutions: inserted, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 6(1) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 3(1) New Zealand aircraft: amended, on 5 April 2025, by section 486 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023 (2023 No 10).
Regulation 3(1) specified entity paragraph (a): revoked, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 6(4) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 3(1) Taliban entity: amended, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 6(5)(a) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 3(1) Taliban entity paragraph (a): amended, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 6(5)(b) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 3(2)(a): amended, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 6(6) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
3A Transitional, savings, and related provisions
The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1 have effect according to their terms.
Regulation 3A: inserted, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 7 of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Export of arms to specified entity prohibited
4 Exportation of arms to specified entity prohibited
(1)
No person may directly or indirectly export arms from New Zealand to a specified entity.
(2)
Subclause (1) does not apply to particular goods or to goods of a particular class if the Minister has consented to that exportation of those goods.
Compare: SR 2001/26 r 4
5 Customs and Excise Act 2018 to apply to prohibited exports
All provisions of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 with respect to prohibited exports (except sections 388 and 389) apply to goods whose exportation is prohibited by regulation 4 as if the exportation of the goods were prohibited under section 96 of that Act.
Regulation 5: replaced, on 1 October 2018, by section 443(4) of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 (2018 No 4).
6 Detention of prohibited exports
A Customs officer may detain any goods he or she suspects on reasonable grounds to be goods whose exportation is prohibited by regulation 4.
Compare: SR 2001/26 r 6
7 Prohibited exports not to be loaded onto ships or aircraft
The master of a ship or the pilot in command of an aircraft must not permit to be laden in the ship or aircraft any goods whose exportation is prohibited by regulation 4, knowing that the goods are intended to be exported in contravention of that regulation.
Compare: SR 2001/26 r 7
8 Power to withhold clearance of ship or aircraft
The Customs may withhold the clearance of any ship or aircraft so long as there are on board the ship or aircraft any goods any Customs officer knows to be goods whose exportation is prohibited by regulation 4.
Compare: SR 2001/26 r 8
Transactions in relation to dealing in arms with specified entity prohibited
9 Transactions with specified entity in relation to arms prohibited
(1)
No person in New Zealand, and no New Zealand citizen in any place outside New Zealand, may enter into, or be concerned in, any sale, transfer, carriage, or delivery of, or other dealing with, any of the goods specified in regulation 4, knowing that those goods—
(a)
are intended to be imported by a specified entity; or
(b)
are to be supplied or delivered to, or to the order of, a specified entity.
(2)
Subclause (1) does not apply to particular goods or to goods of a particular class if the Minister has consented to that sale, transfer, carriage, or delivery of, or other dealing with, those goods.
Compare: SR 2001/26 r 9
Carriage of arms to specified entity prohibited
10 Carriage of arms to specified entity prohibited
(1)
No ship or aircraft may be used for the carriage of any of the goods specified in regulation 4 if the carriage is, or forms part of, the carriage of those goods from any place to a specified entity.
(2)
Subclause (1) does not apply if the Minister has consented to that carriage of the goods under regulation 4(2) or 9(2).
(3)
Ship or aircraft, in subclause (1), means—
(a)
any New Zealand ship or New Zealand aircraft (as those terms are defined in regulation 3(1)):
(b)
any other ship or aircraft that is, for the time being, chartered to—
(i)
any New Zealand citizen; or
(ii)
any body incorporated or constituted under the law of New Zealand.
(4)
Subclause (1) does not limit any of regulations 4 to 9.
Compare: SR 2001/26 r 10
11 Liability of owner, charterer, master, or pilot in command
(1)
If any ship or aircraft is used in contravention of regulation 10, each of the following persons is guilty of an offence against these regulations:
(a)
in the case of a New Zealand ship or New Zealand aircraft (as those terms are defined in regulation 3(1)), the owner and the master of the ship or, as the case may be, the owner and the pilot in command of the aircraft:
(b)
in the case of any other ship or aircraft, the charterer of the ship or aircraft and, if the master of the ship or pilot in command of the aircraft is a New Zealand citizen, the master or pilot in command.
(2)
However, it is a defence to any such offence if the person concerned proves that he or she did not know and had no reason to suppose—
(a)
that the goods carried on the ship or aircraft were or included arms; or
(b)
that the carriage of the arms was, or formed part of, the carriage of goods from any place to a specified entity.
(3)
Owner and charterer, in this regulation and in relation to a ship, include any person acting as the agent of the owner or, as the case may be, the agent of the charterer.
Compare: SR 2001/26 r 11
Provision to specified entity of technical advice, assistance, or training relating to military activities prohibited
Heading: amended, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 8 of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
12 Provision to area controlled by specified entity of technical advice, assistance, or training relating to military activities prohibited
(1)
No person in New Zealand, and no New Zealand citizen in any place outside New Zealand, may provide to, or at the request of, any specified entity any technical advice, assistance, or training relating to military activities.
(2)
Subclause (1) does not apply if the Minister has consented to that provision of the advice, assistance, or training.
Compare: SR 2001/26 r 12
Regulation 12 heading: amended, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 9(1) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 12(1): amended, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 9(2) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 12(2): amended, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 9(3) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Entry of certain persons into New Zealand
13 Entry of certain persons into New Zealand
(1)
No person who is a specified entity may enter New Zealand, or transit through New Zealand, if the entry or transit would be contrary to a determination of the Security Council made under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations.
(1A)
Subclause (1) does not apply so as to prevent a person from entering or transiting through New Zealand if—
(a)
the entry or transit is necessary for the fulfilment of a judicial process; or
(b)
the 1988 Committee or the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions committee has determined on a case-by-case basis that the entry or transit is justified.
(1B)
Subclause (1) does not apply to a specified entity who is a New Zealand citizen.
(2)
A visa may be granted under the Immigration Act 2009 to a person who is a specified entity only on the advice of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade that the visa is consistent with subclauses (1) to (1B).
(3)
This regulation operates in addition to the requirements of the Immigration Act 2009 and any regulations made under that Act.
Compare: SR 2001/26 r 12A
Regulation 13(1A): inserted, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 10(1) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 13(1B): inserted, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 10(1) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 13(2): substituted, at 2 am on 29 November 2010, by section 406(2) of the Immigration Act 2009 (2009 No 51).
Regulation 13(2): amended, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 10(2) of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Regulation 13(3): substituted, at 2 am on 29 November 2010, by section 406(2) of the Immigration Act 2009 (2009 No 51).
Miscellaneous provisions
14 Offences
Every person commits an offence against these regulations, and is liable accordingly under section 3 of the United Nations Act 1946, who acts in contravention of or fails to comply in any respect with any of the provisions of these regulations.
Compare: SR 2001/26 r 18
15 Attorney-General’s consent and certificate in certain cases
If an offence against these regulations is alleged to have been committed outside New Zealand, a prosecution for the offence may not be commenced without—
(a)
the Attorney-General’s consent; and
(b)
the Attorney-General’s certificate that it is expedient that the proceedings be commenced.
Compare: SR 2001/26 r 19
16 Customs and Excise Act 2018 not affected
These regulations do not affect the operation of the Customs and Excise Act 2018.
Regulation 16: replaced, on 1 October 2018, by section 443(4) of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 (2018 No 4).
17 Revocation
The United Nations Sanctions (Afghanistan) Regulations 2001 (SR 2001/26) are revoked.
Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Schedule 1: inserted, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 11 of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Part 1 Provision relating to United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019
Schedule 1 Part 1: inserted, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 11 of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
1 References to previous Title
Every reference in any enactment and in any document to the United Nations Sanctions (Al-Qaida and Taliban) Regulations 2007 must, unless the context otherwise provides, be read as a reference to the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Regulations 2007.
Schedule 1 clause 1: inserted, on 11 April 2019, by regulation 11 of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49).
Rebecca Kitteridge,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.
Date of notification in Gazette: 22 November 2007.
Notes
1 General
This is a consolidation of the United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Regulations 2007 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.
2 Legal status
A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.
Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.
3 Editorial and format changes
The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.
4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation
Civil Aviation Act 2023 (2023 No 10): section 486
United Nations Sanctions (ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and Taliban) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/49)
Customs and Excise Act 2018 (2018 No 4): section 443(4)
Immigration Act 2009 (2009 No 51): section 406(2)