Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State East Asia) 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 31 August 2023
David Hurley
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Mark Dreyfus
Contents
1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1
3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1
4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1
5............ Terrorist organisation—Islamic State East Asia............................................................ 1
Schedule 1—Repeals 3
Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State East Asia) Regulations 2020 3
1 Name
This instrument is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State East Asia) 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 | 12 September 2023. | 12 September 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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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—Islamic State East Asia
(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 Islamic State East Asia is specified.
(2) Islamic State East Asia is also known by the following names:
(a) Ansharul Khilafah Philippines;
(b) Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters‑Abubakar;
(c) Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters‑Bungos;
(d) Dawlah Islamiyah‑Lanao;
(e) Dawlah Islamiyah‑Maguindanao;
(f) Dawlah Islamiyah‑Torayfie Group;
(g) Dawlatul Islamiyah Waliyatul Masrik;
(h) Islamic State East Asia Province;
(i) Islamic State in Iraq and Syria‑Philippines;
(j) Islamic State Lanao;
(k) Islamic State‑Philippines;
(l) Islamic State Ranao;
(m) Jama’atu al‑Muhajirin wal Ansar fil Filibin;
(n) Marawi Front;
(o) Maute Group;
(p) Syuful Khalifah Fi Luzon;
(q) Wilayah East Asia.