Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Neo‑Jama’at Mujahideen Bangladesh) Regulations 2021

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 27 May 2021

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Karen Andrews

Minister for Home Affairs

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Terrorist organisation—Neo‑Jama’at Mujahideen Bangladesh

1  Name

  This instrument is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Neo-Jama’at Mujahideen Bangladesh) Regulations 2021.

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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Terrorist organisation—Neo‑Jama’at Mujahideen Bangladesh

 (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 Neo‑Jama’at Mujahideen Bangladesh is specified.

 (2) Neo‑Jama’at Mujahideen Bangladesh is also known by the following names:

 (a) ISIL‑B;

 (b) Islamic State‑Bangladesh;

 (c) Islamic State‑Banglar Caliphate;

 (d) Islamic State‑Bengal;

 (e) Islamic State of Iraq and Levant Bangladesh;

 (f) Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Bangladesh;

 (g) Neo‑JMB.