Criminal Code (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment – Declared Areas) Declaration 2014 – Al-Raqqa Province, Syria (Cth)

Criminal Code (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment – Declared Areas) Declaration 2014 – Al‑Raqqa Province, Syria

Criminal Code Act 1995

I, JULIE BISHOP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make this Declaration under subsection 119.3(1) of the Criminal Code.

Dated                  4th                   December 2014

JULIE BISHOP

Minister for Foreign Affairs

1          Name of Declaration

This declaration is the Criminal Code (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment – Declared Areas) Declaration 2014 – Al‑Raqqa Province, Syria

2          Commencement

This declaration commences on the day after it is registered.

3          Authority

This declaration is made under subsection 119.3(1) of the Criminal Code.

4          Declared area in a foreign country

(1)Al-Raqqa province in Syria as shown marked ‘AL-RAQQA’ on the maps attached hereto and marked ‘A’.  Al-Raqqa province is east of the Syrian province of Aleppo and shares its northern border with Turkey

(2)Al-Raqqa province in Syria is also known as Ar Raqqah.