On Wednesday 22 December 2021, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (the Committee) commenced a review into Hizballah and The Base as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code Act 1995.
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.
Details of the listings can be found on the following links:
Report tabled
On 25 March 2022 the Committee tabled a report by statement into the review. A copy of the statement is available below.
Report by statement on the review of regulations listing Hizballah and The Base as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code Act 1995.