Preliminary Pages
Membership of the Committee
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Chair
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The Hon Arch Bevis MP
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Deputy
Chair
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The Philip Ruddock MP
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Members
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Senator Gavin Marshall
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Mr Mark Dreyfus QC MP
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Senator Michael Forshaw
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Mr Daryl Melham MP
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Senator the Hon Helen Coonan
Senator Julian McGauran
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Mrs Kay Hull MP
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Committee Secretariat
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Secretary
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Dr Margot Kerley
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Inquiry
Secretary
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Mr Robert Little
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Research
Officer
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Ms Philippa Davies
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Office
Manager
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Mrs Donna Quintus-Bosz
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Terms of reference
This inquiry and report is conducted under the following
powers:
Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 102.1A Reviews by Parliamentary Joint Committee
on Intelligence and Security
Review of listing regulation
(1) If a regulation made
after the commencement of this section specifies an organisation for the
purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in
section 102.1, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
may:
(a) review the regulation
as soon as possible after the making of the regulation; and
(b) report the Committee’s
comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament before the end of
the applicable disallowance period.
And
Ansar al-Islam
Criminal
Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 1)
Registered:
13 March 2009 (FRLI: F2009L00835)
Asbat
al-Ansar (AAA)
Criminal
Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 2)
Registered:
13 March 2009 (FRLI: F2009L00834)
Islamic Army of Aden (IAA)
Criminal
Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 4)
Registered:
13 March 2009 (FRLI: F2009L00837)
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
Criminal
Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 6)
Registered:
13 March 2009 (FRLI: F2009L00833)
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)
Criminal
Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 3)
Registered:
13 March 2009 (FRLI: F2009L00838)
Lashkar-e Jhangvi (LeJ)
Criminal
Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 5)
Registered:
13 March 2009 (FRLI: F2009L00836)
List of recommendations
3 The Organisations
Recommendation 1
The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the
regulation, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list Ansar al-Islam
as a terrorist organisation.
Recommendation 2
The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the
regulation, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list Asbat al-Ansar
(AAA) as a terrorist organisation.
Recommendation 3
The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the
regulation, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list Islamic Army of
Aden (IAA) as a terrorist organisation.
Recommendation 4
The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the
regulation, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list Islamic
Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) as a terrorist organisation.
Recommendation 5
The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the
regulation, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list Lashkar-e
Jhangvi (LeJ) as a terrorist organisation.
Recommendation 6
The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the
regulation, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) as a terrorist organisation.
4 Improving Procedures
Recommendation 7
The Committee recommends that where a decision to de-list an
organisation is made, that the Attorney-General provide a statement of reasons
to the Committee and a public statement of reasons.