Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Boko Haram) Regulations 2020 (Cth)

Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Boko Haram) 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 25 June 2020

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Peter Dutton

Minister for Home Affairs

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Boko Haram) Regulations 2020.

2Commencement

1. (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.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	1 July 2020.	1 July 2020

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

1. (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.

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

1. (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 Boko Haram is specified.

2. (2)

   Boko Haram is also known by the following names:

   1. (a)

      Group of the Followers of the Prophet for Propagation and Holy Struggle;

   2. (b)

      Jama’at Ahl al‑Sunnah lil‑Da’awa wal‑Jihad;

   3. (c)

      Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal‑Jihad;

   4. (d)

      Nigerian Mujahideen;

   5. (e)

      Nigerian Taliban;

   6. (f)

      People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad;

   7. (g)

      Western Education is Forbidden;

   8. (h)

      Yusuffiya Movement;

   9. (i)

      Yusuffiya Sect.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Criminal Code (Terrorist OrganisationBoko Haram) Regulations 20171

The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.