diff --git a/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/alzDefaults/alzDefaultPolicyAssignments.bicep b/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/alzDefaults/alzDefaultPolicyAssignments.bicep
index a3db0dee6..7648996b3 100644
--- a/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/alzDefaults/alzDefaultPolicyAssignments.bicep
+++ b/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/alzDefaults/alzDefaultPolicyAssignments.bicep
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ var varModuleDeploymentNames = {
   modPolicyAssignmentIdentDeployVmBackup: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-deployVMBackup-ident-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
   modPolicyAssignmentMgmtDeployLogAnalytics: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-deployLAW-mgmt-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
   modPolicyAssignmentLzsDenyIpForwarding: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-denyIPForward-lz-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
-  modPolicyAssignmentLzsDenyPublicIp: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-denyPublicIP-corp-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
   modPolicyAssignmentLzsDenyRdpFromInternet: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-denyRDPFromInet-lz-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
   modPolicyAssignmentLzsDenySubnetWithoutNsg: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-denySubnetNoNSG-lz-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
   modPolicyAssignmentLzsDeployVmBackup: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-deployVMBackup-lz-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ var varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicEndpoints = {
 }
 
 var varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP = {
-  definitionId: '${varTopLevelManagementGroupResourceId}/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/Deny-PublicIP'
+  definitionId: '/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/6c112d4e-5bc7-47ae-a041-ea2d9dccd749'
   libDefinition: loadJsonContent('../../../policy/assignments/lib/policy_assignments/policy_assignment_es_deny_public_ip.tmpl.json')
 }
 
@@ -759,22 +758,6 @@ module modPolicyAssignmentLzsDenyPublicEndpoints '../../../policy/assignments/po
   }
 }
 
-// Module - Policy Assignment - Deny-Public-IP
-module modPolicyAssignmentLzsDenyPublicIp '../../../policy/assignments/policyAssignmentManagementGroup.bicep' = {
-  scope: managementGroup(varManagementGroupIds.landingZonesCorp)
-  name: varModuleDeploymentNames.modPolicyAssignmentLzsDenyPublicIp
-  params: {
-    parPolicyAssignmentDefinitionId: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.definitionId
-    parPolicyAssignmentName: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.libDefinition.name
-    parPolicyAssignmentDisplayName: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.libDefinition.properties.displayName
-    parPolicyAssignmentDescription: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.libDefinition.properties.description
-    parPolicyAssignmentParameters: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.libDefinition.properties.parameters
-    parPolicyAssignmentIdentityType: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.libDefinition.identity.type
-    parPolicyAssignmentEnforcementMode: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.libDefinition.properties.enforcementMode
-    parTelemetryOptOut: parTelemetryOptOut
-  }
-}
-
 // Module - Policy Assignment - Deny-DataB-Pip
 module modPolicyAssignmentLzsDenyDataBPip '../../../policy/assignments/policyAssignmentManagementGroup.bicep' = {
   scope: managementGroup(varManagementGroupIds.landingZonesCorp)
diff --git a/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/alzDefaults/mc-alzDefaultPolicyAssignments.bicep b/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/alzDefaults/mc-alzDefaultPolicyAssignments.bicep
index 6e88d931a..c89909250 100644
--- a/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/alzDefaults/mc-alzDefaultPolicyAssignments.bicep
+++ b/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/alzDefaults/mc-alzDefaultPolicyAssignments.bicep
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ var varModuleDeploymentNames = {
   modPolicyAssignmentIdentDeployVMBackup: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-deployVMBackup-ident-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
   modPolicyAssignmentMgmtDeployLogAnalytics: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-deployLAW-mgmt-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
   modPolicyAssignmentLZsDenyIPForwarding: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-denyIPForward-lz-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
-  modPolicyAssignmentLZsDenyPublicIP: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-denyPublicIP-corp-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
   modPolicyAssignmentLZsDenyRDPFromInternet: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-denyRDPFromInet-lz-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
   modPolicyAssignmentLZsDenySubnetWithoutNSG: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-denySubnetNoNSG-lz-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
   modPolicyAssignmentLZsDeployVMBackup: take('${varDeploymentNameWrappers.basePrefix}-polAssi-deployVMBackup-lz-${varDeploymentNameWrappers.baseSuffixTenantAndManagementGroup}', 64)
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ var varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicEndpoints = {
 }
 
 var varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP = {
-  definitionId: '${varTopLevelManagementGroupResourceID}/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/Deny-PublicIP'
+  definitionId: '/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/6c112d4e-5bc7-47ae-a041-ea2d9dccd749'
   libDefinition: loadJsonContent(('../../../policy/assignments/lib/china/policy_assignments/policy_assignment_es_deny_public_ip.tmpl.json'))
 }
 
@@ -713,19 +712,3 @@ module modPolicyAssignmentLZsDenyPublicEndpoints '../../../policy/assignments/po
     parTelemetryOptOut: parTelemetryOptOut
   }
 }
-
-// Module - Policy Assignment - Deny-Public-IP
-module modPolicyAssignmentLZsDenyPublicIP '../../../policy/assignments/policyAssignmentManagementGroup.bicep' = {
-  scope: managementGroup(varManagementGroupIDs.landingZonesCorp)
-  name: varModuleDeploymentNames.modPolicyAssignmentLZsDenyPublicIP
-  params: {
-    parPolicyAssignmentDefinitionId: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.definitionId
-    parPolicyAssignmentName: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.libDefinition.name
-    parPolicyAssignmentDisplayName: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.libDefinition.properties.displayName
-    parPolicyAssignmentDescription: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.libDefinition.properties.description
-    parPolicyAssignmentParameters: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.libDefinition.properties.parameters
-    parPolicyAssignmentIdentityType: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.libDefinition.identity.type
-    parPolicyAssignmentEnforcementMode: varPolicyAssignmentDenyPublicIP.libDefinition.properties.enforcementMode
-    parTelemetryOptOut: parTelemetryOptOut
-  }
-}
diff --git a/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/lib/china/policy_assignments/policy_assignment_es_deny_public_ip.tmpl.json b/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/lib/china/policy_assignments/policy_assignment_es_deny_public_ip.tmpl.json
index d3cda6189..af5e2e66c 100644
--- a/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/lib/china/policy_assignments/policy_assignment_es_deny_public_ip.tmpl.json
+++ b/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/lib/china/policy_assignments/policy_assignment_es_deny_public_ip.tmpl.json
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@
     "parameters": {
       "effect": {
         "value": "Deny"
+      },
+      "listOfResourceTypesNotAllowed": {
+        "value": [
+          "Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses"
+        ]
       }
     },
-    "policyDefinitionId": "${modManagementGroups.outputs.outTopLevelMGId}/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/Deny-PublicIP",
+    "policyDefinitionId": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/6c112d4e-5bc7-47ae-a041-ea2d9dccd749",
     "scope": null,
     "enforcementMode": "Default"
   },
diff --git a/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/lib/policy_assignments/policy_assignment_es_deny_public_ip.tmpl.json b/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/lib/policy_assignments/policy_assignment_es_deny_public_ip.tmpl.json
index 9b2188ff0..af5e2e66c 100644
--- a/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/lib/policy_assignments/policy_assignment_es_deny_public_ip.tmpl.json
+++ b/infra-as-code/bicep/modules/policy/assignments/lib/policy_assignments/policy_assignment_es_deny_public_ip.tmpl.json
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@
     "parameters": {
       "effect": {
         "value": "Deny"
+      },
+      "listOfResourceTypesNotAllowed": {
+        "value": [
+          "Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses"
+        ]
       }
     },
-    "policyDefinitionId": "${modManagementGroups.outputs.outTopLevelManagementGroupId}/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/Deny-PublicIP",
+    "policyDefinitionId": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/6c112d4e-5bc7-47ae-a041-ea2d9dccd749",
     "scope": null,
     "enforcementMode": "Default"
   },