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Preliminary Pages

Membership of the Committee

 

Chair

The Hon Arch Bevis MP

 

Deputy Chair

The Hon Philip Ruddock MP

 

Members

Mr Daryl Melham MP

Senator Gavin Marshall

 

Mr Mark Dreyfus QC MP

Senator Michael Forshaw

 

Mrs Kay Hull MP

Senator Julian McGauran

Senator Russell Trood

 

Committee Secretariat

 

Secretary

Dr Margot Kerley

Inquiry Secretary

Mr Robert Little

Office Manager

Mrs Donna Quintus-Bosz

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (the Brigades)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 14)

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 213

Registered: 7 September 2009 (FRLI: F2009L03397)

 

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 16)

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 215

Registered: 7 September 2009 (FRLI: F2009L03399)

 

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 15)

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 214

Registered: 7 September 2009 (FRLI: F2009L03398)

 

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 13)

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 212

Registered: 7 September 2009 (FRLI: F2009L03396)

 

List of recommendations

2       The Listings

Recommendation 1

The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the regulations, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the organisation:

  • Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades

    as a terrorist organisation.

    Recommendation 2

    The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the regulations, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the organisation:

  • Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)

    as a terrorist organisation.

    Recommendation 3

    The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the regulations, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the organisation:

  • Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT)

    as a terrorist organisation.

    Recommendation 4

    The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the regulations, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the organisation:

  • Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) as a terrorist organisation.

     

     

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