Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Ansar al-Islam) Regulation 2015 (Cth)

Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Ansar al‑Islam) Regulation 2015

Select Legislative Instrument No. 6, 2015

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 26 February 2015

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

George Brandis QC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1............ Name.................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority............................................................................................ 1

4............ Schedules............................................................................................ 1

5............ Terrorist organisation—Ansar al‑Islam.............................................. 1

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                            3

Criminal Code Regulations 2002                                                              3

1Name

This is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Ansar al-Islam) Regulation 2015.

2Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Criminal Code Act 1995.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5Terrorist organisation—Ansar al‑Islam

(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 Ansar al‑Islam is specified.

(2)Ansar al‑Islam is also known by the following names:

(a)Ansar al‑Islam Army;

(b)Ansar al‑Sunna;

(c)Army of Ansar al‑Islam;

(d)Devotees of Islam;

(e)Followers of Islam in Kurdistan;

(f)Jaish Ansar al‑Islam;

(g)Jaish Ansar al‑Sunna;

(h)Jund al‑Islam;

(i)Kurdish Taliban;

(j)Kurdistan Supporters of Islam;

(k)Partisans of Islam;

(l)Protectors of Islam;

(m)Protectors of the Sunni Faith;

(n)Soldiers of God;

(o)Soldiers of Islam;

(p)Supporters of Islam in Kurdistan.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Criminal Code Regulations 2002

1  Regulation 4H

Repeal the regulation.