Terms of Reference

Section 29(1)(bb)(iii) of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 requires the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security to review, by 7 January 2021, the operation, effectiveness and implications of sections 119.2 and 119.3 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 and any other provision of the Criminal Code Act 1995 as far as it relates to those sections.

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About this inquiry

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has commenced a statutory review into the ‘declared area’ provisions, listed in sections 119.2 and 119.3 of the Criminal Code Act 1995.

The provisions were introduced as part of the Foreign Fighters Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendments in 2014, and make it an offence for a person to enter, or remain in, declares areas if a foreign country, historically on the basis of regional terrorism activity. Under a sunset clause, the provisions are due to expire on 7 September 2021.



Past Public Hearings

22 Sep 2020: Canberra