Terms of Reference

This inquiry and report are conducted under the following powers:
Criminal Code
Section 102.1A Reviews by Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Disallowable instruments
1
This section applies in relation to the following disallowable instruments:
a.
A regulation that specifies an organisation for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in section 102.1;
b.
An instrument made under section 102.1AA.
 
Review of a disallowable instrument
2
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security may:
a.
Review the disallowable instrument as soon as possible after the making of the instrument; and
b.
Report the Committee’s comments and recommendations to each House of Parliament before the end of the applicable disallowance period for that House.
 
And
 
Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation –Al-Shabaab) Regulations 2021
 
Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation – Lashkar-e-Tayyiba) Regulations 2021
 
Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation – Palestinian Islamic Jihad) Regulations 2021
 
Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation – Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades) Regulations 2021
 
Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation –the Kurdistan Workers’ Party) Regulations 2021

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About this inquiry

Section 102.1A of the Criminal Code Act 1995 provides that the Committee may review a regulation which lists an organisation as a terrorist organisation and report its comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament before the end of the applicable disallowance period for the House. The disallowance period is 15 sitting days from the day the regulation is tabled.



Past Public Hearings

01 Oct 2021: Canberra