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Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Al‑Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb) Regulation 2013

Select Legislative Instrument No. 163, 2013

I, Quentin Bryce AC CVO, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Criminal Code Act 1995.

Dated 11 July 2013

Quentin Bryce

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

Mark Dreyfus QC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1 Name of regulation

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedule(s)

5 Definition

6 Terrorist organisation—Al‑Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb

Schedule 1—Amendments

Criminal Code Regulations 2002

1 Name of regulation

This regulation is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Al‑Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb) Regulation 2013.

2 Commencement

This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Authority

This regulation is made under the Criminal Code Act 1995.

4 Schedule(s)

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5 Definition

In this regulation:

Code means the Criminal Code.

6 Terrorist organisation—Al‑Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb

(1) For paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in subsection 102.1(1) of the Code, the organisation known as Al‑Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb is specified.

(2) Al‑Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb is also known by the following names:

(a) Al Qaida au Maghreb Islamique;

(b) Al‑Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb;

(d) AQIM;

(e) Le Groupe Salafiste Pour La Predication et Le Combat;

(f) Salafist Group for Call and Combat;

(g) Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat;

(h) Tanzim al‑Qa’ida fi bilad al‑Maghreb al‑Islamiya.