Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State) Regulation 2014

Select Legislative Instrument No. 108, 2014

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.

Dated 10 July 2014

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

George Brandis QC

Attorney‑General

1 Name of regulation

This regulation is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State) Regulation 2014.

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 Terrorist organisation—Islamic State

(1) For paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in subsection 102.1(1) of the Criminal Code Act 1995, the organisation known as Islamic State is specified.

(2) Islamic State is also known by the following names:

(a) Al‑Qa’ida in Iraq;

(b) Al‑Qa’ida in Iraq—Zarqawi;

(d) Al‑Qa’ida of Jihad Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers;

(e) Al‑Tawhid;

(f) Al‑Tawhid and al‑Jihad;

(g) Brigades of Tawhid;

(h) Dawla al‑Islamiya;

(i) Dawla al‑Islamiya fi al‑Iraq wa as‑Sham;

(j) Islamic State of Iraq;

(k) Islamic State of Iraq and al‑Sham;

(l) Jama’at al‑Tawhid wa’al‑Jihad;

(m) Kateab al‑Tawhid;

(n) Mujahidin Shura Council;

(o) Qaida of the Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers;

(p) Tanzeem Qa’idat al‑Jihad Bilad al Raafidaini;

(q) Tanzeem Qa’idat al‑Jihad fi Bilad al Rafidayn;

(r) The al‑Zarqawi network;

(s) The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant;

(t) The Islamic State of Iraq and al‑Sham;

(u) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria;

(v) The Islamic Caliphate;

(w) The Islamic Caliphate State;

(x) The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria;

(y) The Monotheism and Jihad Group;

(z) The Organisation Base of Jihad Country of the Two Rivers;

(za) The Organisation Base of Jihad Mesopotamia;

(zb) The Organisation of Jihad’s Base in the Country of the Two Rivers;

(zc) Unity and Holy Struggle;

(zd) Unity and Holy War;

(ze) Unity and Jihad Group.