Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State East Asia) Regulations 2020

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 03 September 2020

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Peter Dutton

Minister for Home Affairs

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

5 Terrorist organisation—Islamic State East Asia

Schedule 1—Repeals

Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State East Asia) Regulations 2017

1  Name

  This instrument is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State East Asia) Regulations 2020.

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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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—Islamic State East Asia

 (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 Islamic State East Asia is specified.

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

 (a) Ansharul Khilafah Philippines;

 (b) Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters‑Abubakar;

 (c) Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters‑Bungos;

 (d) Dawlah Islamiyah‑Lanao;

 (e) Dawlah Islamiyah‑Maguindanao;

 (f) Dawlah Islamiyah‑Torayfie Group;

 (g) Dawlatul Islamiyah Waliyatul Masrik;

 (h) Islamic State Lanao;

 (i) Islamic State‑Philippines;

 (j) Islamic State Ranao;

 (k) Jama’atu al‑Muhajirin wal Ansar fil Filibin;

 (l) Marawi Front;

 (m) Maute Group;

 (n) Syuful Khalifah Fi Luzon;

 (o) Wilayah East Asia.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State East Asia) Regulations 2017

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.