{"id":"F2023L00829","name":"Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State West Africa Province) Regulations 2023","slug":"criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-islamic-state-west-africa-province-regulations-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441955,"registerId":"F2023L00829-fast-fetch-1775957108382","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State West Africa Province) Regulations 2023","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nCriminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State West Africa Province) Regulations 2023\n\nI, 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.\n\nDated 19 June 2023\n\nDavid Hurley\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nMark Dreyfus KC\n\nAttorney‑General\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Schedules\n\n5  Terrorist organisation—Islamic State West Africa Province\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nCriminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State West Africa Province) Regulations 2020\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State West Africa Province) Regulations 2023.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (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.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument 1 July 2023. 1 July 2023\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.\n\n (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.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Criminal Code Act 1995.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  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.\n\n5  Terrorist organisation—Islamic State West Africa Province\n\n (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 West Africa Province is specified.\n\n (2) Islamic State West Africa Province is also known by the following names:\n\n (a) Islamic State in West Africa;\n\n (b) Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – West Africa;\n\n (c) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – West Africa;\n\n (d) Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyah.\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\n \n\nCriminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Islamic State West Africa Province) Regulations 2020\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains the exact same scope as its predecessor. It is a routine sunsetting/re-listing instrument that preserves the status quo without expanding the legislative scheme. The 2023 regulations perform the identical function to the 2020 regulations they replace — continuing the listing of ISWAP as a terrorist organisation for another three-year term as required by the Criminal Code's automatic expiry provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 5 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule)","Single operative provision (section 5) that simply references an existing definition in the Criminal Code","No defined terms within the instrument itself — relies entirely on external definitions in the parent Act","Straightforward repeal of predecessor instrument in Schedule 1","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Minimal cross-referencing (only one reference to subsection 102.1(1) of the Criminal Code)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation re‑lists \"Islamic State West Africa Province\" (and its alternative names) as a terrorist organisation under Australia’s Criminal Code, criminalising membership, support, training with, or funding of the group.  \n\nIt renews the 2020 listing for three years, affecting anyone in Australia who deals with ISWAP, law enforcement and security agencies, and financial institutions required to freeze linked assets."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument replaces the 2020 regulations and re-specifies the same organisation and alternative names. It does not, on its face, broaden or narrow the statutory reach beyond making the same designation operative under the Criminal Code."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow, single substantive change: designation of one organisation and its aliases.","Cross-reference dependence: legal effects flow from subsection 102.1(1) of the Criminal Code Act 1995 rather than new offences in this instrument.","Repeal of prior instrument (2020) creates administrative replacement rather than novel legal rules.","Simple commencement clause specifying a single operative date (1 July 2023).","Practical compliance complexity is determined by broader Criminal Code provisions (criminal liability, asset and association restrictions), not by this instrument itself."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations add “Islamic State West Africa Province” (and the listed alternative names) to the Criminal Code’s definition of a terrorist organisation, so the Code’s terrorism offences and associated restrictions apply to that group. The instrument commences on 1 July 2023 and repeals the 2020 instrument that previously named the group.\n\nWho is affected: people and organisations who deal with, support, fund or associate with the listed group, because such conduct can attract criminal liability and asset/association restrictions under the Criminal Code."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-islamic-state-west-africa-province-regulations-2023","history":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-islamic-state-west-africa-province-regulations-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-islamic-state-west-africa-province-regulations-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-islamic-state-west-africa-province-regulations-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-islamic-state-west-africa-province-regulations-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-islamic-state-west-africa-province-regulations-2023/documents"}}