Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 6)¹

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Criminal Code Act 1995.

Dated 29 March 2007

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

PHILIP RUDDOCK

1              Name of Regulations

                These Regulations are the Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 6).

2              Commencement

                These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3              Amendment of Criminal Code Regulations 2002

                Schedule 1 amends the Criminal Code Regulations 2002.

Schedule 1        Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1]           Regulation 4M

substitute

4M           Terrorist organisations — Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ)

         (1)   For paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in subsection 102.1 (1) of the Code, the organisation known as Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) is specified.

         (2)   For subregulation (1), Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) is also known by the following names:

                (a)    al‑Jihad;

               (b)    al‑Takfir;

                (c)    Al‑Jihad al‑Islami;

               (d)    El‑Gihad;

                (e)    Islamic Group;

                (f)    Islamic Jihad;

                (g)    International Justice Group;

                (h)    Jihad Group;

                 (i)    New Jihad Group;

                (j)    Qaeda al‑Jihad;

               (k)    Talaa’al al‑Fateh;

                 (l)    Vanguards of Conquest;

               (m)    World Justice Group.

1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.