On 26 July 2023, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (the Committee) commenced a review of the regulations re-listing the following organisations as terrorist organisations under the
Criminal Code Act 1995:
- Islamic State;
- Islamic State West Africa Province; and
- Boko Haram.
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-listings can be found at the following links:
Report tabled
On Wednesday 13 September 2023 the Committee tabled a report by statement on the review. A copy of the statement is available below.
Review of the 2023 relisting of three organisations as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code