On 10 October 2022, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (the Committee) commenced a review of the regulation re-listing Islamic State Somalia as a terrorist organisation 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 re-listing can be found at the following link:
Report tabled
On Wednesday, 9 November 2022 the Committee tabled a report by statement into the review. A copy of the statement is available below.
Report by statement a review of the regulation relisting Islamic State Somalia as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code Act 1995.