Terms of reference

This review is conducted under Section 114A.9 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 which provides that the Committee may review a legislative instrument specifying an entity as a prohibited hate group and report the Committee’s comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament.

(1) This section applies in relation to the following legislative instruments:

(a) a prohibited hate group regulation;

. . .

(2) The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security may:

(a) review the legislative instrument at any time; and

(b) report the Committee’s comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament.

This report pertains to the Committee’s review of the below regulation which specifies Hizb ut-Tahrir for the purposes of the definition of prohibited hate group in subsection 114A.2(1) of the Criminal Code:

• Criminal Code (Prohibited Hate Group—Hizb ut-Tahrir) Regulations 2026 [F2026L00210]