This inquiry and report is conducted under the following
powers:
Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 102.1A Reviews by Parliamentary Joint Committee
on Intelligence and Security
Review of listing regulation
(1) If a regulation made
after the commencement of this section specifies an organisation for the
purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in
section 102.1, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
may:
(a) review the regulation
as soon as possible after the making of the regulation; and
(b) report the Committee’s
comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament before the end of
the applicable disallowance period.
And
Al-Shabaab
Criminal Code Amendment
Regulation 2012 (No. 7)
Registered: 17 August 2012 (FRLI:
F2012L01693)
Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam
Brigades Statement of Reasons
Criminal Code Amendment
Regulation 2012 (No. 8)
Registered: 17 August 2012 (FRLI:
F2012L01694)
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
Statement of Reasons
Criminal Code Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 9)
Registered: 17 August 2012 (FRLI:
F2012L01695)
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba Statement of
Reasons
Criminal Code Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 10)
Registered: 17 August 2012 (FRLI:
F2012L01696)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Statement of Reasons
– Criminal Code Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 11)
Registered: 17 August 2012 (FRLI: F2012L01697)
2 The
Listings
Recommendation 1
The Committee recommends that the regulation, made under the
Criminal Code section 102.1, to list Al-Shabaab as a terrorist organisation not
be disallowed.
Recommendation 2
The Committee recommends that the regulation, made under the
Criminal Code section 102.1, to list Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades as a
terrorist organisation not be disallowed.
Recommendation 3
The Committee recommends that the regulation, made under the
Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the Kurdistan Workers Party as a terrorist
organisation not be disallowed.
Recommendation 4
The Committee recommends that the regulation, made under the
Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the organisation Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as a
terrorist organisation not be disallowed
Recommendation 5
The Committee recommends that the regulation, made under the
Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the organisation Palestinian Islamic Jihad
as a terrorist organisation not be disallowed.