Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Al‑Qa’ida) Regulation 2016

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 05 May 2016

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

George Brandis QC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

5 Terrorist organisation—Al‑Qa’ida

Schedule 1—Repeals

Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Al‑Qa’ida) Regulation 2013

1  Name

  This is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Al-Qa’ida) Regulation 2016.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Criminal Code Act 1995.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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  Terrorist organisation—Al‑Qa’ida

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

 (2) Al‑Qa’ida is also known by the following names:

 (a) Al‑Jihad al‑Qaeda;

 (b) Al Qaeda;

 (c) Al‑Qaeda;

 (d) Al‑Qaida;

 (e) The Base;

 (f) The Group for the Preservation of the Holy Sites;

 (g) International Front for Fighting Jews and Crusaders;

 (h) Islamic Army;

 (i) The Islamic Army for the Liberation of Holy Places;

 (j) Islamic Army for the Liberation of Holy Sites;

 (k) Islamic Salvation Foundation;

 (l) The Jihad Group;

 (m) New Jihad;

 (n) Usama Bin Laden Network;

 (o) Usama Bin Laden Organisation;

 (p) The World Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders;

 (q) AQ.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Al‑Qa’ida) Regulation 2013

1  The whole of the regulation

Repeal the regulation.