Criminal Code Amendment (Hamas and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba) Act 2003 (Cth)

Criminal Code Amendment (Hamas and Lashkar‑e‑Tayyiba) Act 2003

No. 109, 2003

An Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995 in relation to Hamas' Izz al‑Din al‑Qassam Brigades and the Lashkar‑e‑Tayyiba organisation, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Regulations relating to Hamas' Izz al‑Din al‑Qassam Brigades and the Lashkar‑e‑Tayyiba organisation Criminal Code Act 1995

Criminal Code Amendment (Hamas and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba) Act 2003

No. 109, 2003

An Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995 in relation to Hamas' Izz al‑Din al‑Qassam Brigades and the Lashkar‑e‑Tayyiba organisation, and for related purposes

[Assented to 7 November 2003]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment (Hamas and Lashkar‑e‑Tayyiba) Act 2003.

2 Commencement

This Act is taken to have commenced on 5 November 2003.

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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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—Regulations relating to Hamas' Izz al‑Din al‑Qassam Brigades and the Lashkar‑e‑Tayyiba organisation

Criminal Code Act 1995

1 The Schedule (subsection 102.1(1) of the Criminal Code) Insert:

Hamas organisation means: (a) Hamas' Izz al‑Din al‑Qassam Brigades (by whatever name that organisation is known from time to time); or (b) an organisation derived from that organisation.

2 The Schedule (subsection 102.1(1) of the Criminal Code) Insert:

Lashkar‑e‑Tayyiba organisation means: (a) the Lashkar‑e‑Tayyiba organisation (by whatever name that organisation is known from time to time); or (b) an organisation derived from that organisation.

3 The Schedule (subsection 102.1(1) of the Criminal Code, at the end of the definition of terrorist organisation) Add: ; or (d) a Hamas organisation, if that organisation is specified by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph (see subsections (7), (8) and (10A)); or (e) a Lashkar‑e‑Tayyiba organisation, if that organisation is specified by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph (see subsections (7), (8) and (10C)).