Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorist Organisations) Act 2002

No. 89, 2002

An Act to amend the Criminal Code in relation to terrorist organisations, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title...................................

2 Commencement...............................

3 Schedule(s)..................................

Schedule 1—Amendment of Criminal Code

Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorist Organisations) Act 2002

No. 89, 2002

An Act to amend the Criminal Code in relation to terrorist organisations, and for related purposes

[Assented to 23 October 2002]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorist Organisations) Act 2002.

2  Commencement

  This Act is taken to have commenced on 23 October 2002.

3  Schedule(s)

  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of Criminal Code

1  Subsection 102.1(1) (paragraph (c) of the definition of terrorist organisation)

Omit “(4),”.

2  Subsection 102.1(4)

Repeal the subsection.

3  Effect of regulations made before commencement of this Act

In spite of anything in subsection 102.1(4) of the Criminal Code before it was repealed, or in the regulations concerned, regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of terrorist organisation in section 102.1 of the Criminal Code that were notified in the Gazette before the commencement of this Act are deemed to have taken effect on 21 October 2002. Section 48 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 has effect subject to this item.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 23 October 2002

Senate on 23 October 2002]