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This instrument repeals the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Boko Haram) Regulations 2020 and lists Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation for the purposes of Division 102 of the Criminal Code Act 1995.
Administered by: Attorney-General's
Registered 22 Jun 2023
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR31-Jul-2023
Tabled Senate31-Jul-2023
To be ceased 01 Jul 2026
Ceased by Criminal Code Act 1995
Ceasing Comments see subsection 102.1(3) of the Criminal Code set out in the Schedule to the Criminal Code Act 1995
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Boko Haram) Regulations 2023

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 19 June 2023

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Mark Dreyfus KC

Attorney‑General

 

 

 

  

  

  


Contents

1  Name. 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1

5  Terrorist organisation—Boko Haram....................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Repeals                                                                                                     3

Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Boko Haram) Regulations 2020                               3

 


1  Name

                   This instrument is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Boko Haram) Regulations 2023.

2  Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

1 July 2023.

1 July 2023

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under the Criminal Code Act 1995.

4  Schedules

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

5  Terrorist organisation—Boko Haram

             (1)  For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in subsection 102.1(1) of the Criminal Code, the organisation known as Boko Haram is specified.

             (2)  Boko Haram is also known by the following names:

                     (a)  Group of the Followers of the Prophet for Propagation and Holy Struggle;

                     (b)  Jama’at Ahl al‑Sunnah lil‑Da’awa wal‑Jihad;

                     (c)  Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal‑Jihad;

                     (d)  Nigerian Mujahideen;

                     (e)  Nigerian Taliban;

                      (f)  People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad;

                     (g)  Western Education is Forbidden;

                     (h)  Yusuffiya Movement;

                      (i)  Yusuffiya Sect.


Schedule 1Repeals

  

Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Boko Haram) Regulations 2020

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.