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Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorist Organisations) Act 2004
No. 7, 2004
An Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)
Schedule 1—Amendments Criminal Code Act 1995
Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorist Organisations) Act 2004
No. 7, 2004
An Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995, and for related purposes
[Assented to 10 March 2004]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorist Organisations) Act 2004.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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—Amendments
Criminal Code Act 1995
1 The Schedule (subsection 102.1(2) of the Criminal Code) Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(2) Before the Governor‑General makes a regulation specifying an organisation for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in this section, the Minister must be satisfied on reasonable grounds that the organisation is directly or indirectly engaged in, preparing, planning, assisting in or fostering the doing of a terrorist act (whether or not the terrorist act has occurred or will occur).
(2A) Before the Governor‑General makes a regulation specifying an organisation for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in this section, the Minister must arrange for the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives to be briefed in relation to the proposed regulation.
2 The Schedule (subsections 102.1(4), (5) and (6) of the Criminal Code) Repeal the subsections, substitute:
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