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.
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 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 an 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 – Hizballah’s External Security Organisation) Regulations 2021

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About this inquiry

On 11 May 2021 the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security commenced a review of the relisting of Hizballah's External Security Organisation as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code Act 1995.

Section 102.1 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

10 Jun 2021: Canberra