{"id":"F2021L01020","name":"Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Kurdistan Workers’ Party) Regulations 2021","slug":"criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-kurdistan-workers-party-regulations-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440942,"registerId":"F2021L01020-fast-fetch-1775956387747","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Kurdistan Workers’ Party) Regulations 2021","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—Kurdistan Workers’ Party) Regulations 2021\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 23 July 2021\n\nDavid Hurley\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nKaren Andrews\n\nMinister for Home Affairs\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—Kurdistan Workers’ Party\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nCriminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Kurdistan Workers’ Party) Regulations 2018\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Kurdistan Workers’ Party) Regulations 2021.\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this instrument 4 August 2021. 4 August 2021\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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—Kurdistan Workers’ Party\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 Kurdistan Workers’ Party is specified.\n\n (2) Kurdistan Workers’ Party is also known by the following names:\n\n (a) Freedom and Democratic Congress of Kurdistan;\n\n (b) Hezan Parastina Gel;\n\n (c) HPG;\n\n (d) KADEK;\n\n (e) Kongra Azadi u Demokrasiya Kurdistan;\n\n (f) Kongra Gel;\n\n (g) Kongra Gele Kurdistan;\n\n (h) Kurdish Freedom Falcons;\n\n (i) Kurdish Liberation Hawks;\n\n (j) Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress;\n\n (k) Kurdistan Freedom Brigade;\n\n (l) Kurdistan Freedom Hawks;\n\n (m) Kurdistan Halk Kongresi;\n\n (n) Kurdistan Labor Party;\n\n (o) Kurdistan Ozgurluk Sahinleri;\n\n (p) Kurdistan People’s Congress;\n\n (q) New PKK;\n\n (r) Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan;\n\n (s) People’s Congress of Kurdistan;\n\n (t) People’s Defence Force;\n\n (u) PKK;\n\n (v) TAK;\n\n (w) Teyrbazên Azadiya Kurdistan.\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\n \n\nCriminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Kurdistan Workers’ Party) Regulations 2018\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 regulation performs exactly the function intended by the original legislative scheme established by the Criminal Code Act 1995. It is a routine triennial re-listing of a terrorist organisation, maintaining consistent scope with previous iterations (2015, 2018) and the statutory framework. No expansion of scope has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 5 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule)","Single operative provision (section 5) containing the actual listing","No defined terms requiring interpretation beyond the explicit name variations","No cross-references to other legislation except the enabling provision (Criminal Code Act 1995)","Straightforward repeal of predecessor instrument without transitional provisions","Simple tabular commencement provision using standard legislative template"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation re-lists the Kurdistan Workers' Party (and 22 alternative names, including PKK, TAK, HPG, KADEK) as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code for another three years, replacing the expiring 2018 regulation. It affects anyone in Australia who supports, funds, recruits for, trains with, or associates with the PKK, plus businesses and law enforcement, by preserving criminal offences and severe penalties (including life imprisonment for some offences) and maintaining Australia’s counter‑terrorism obligations."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument reproduces a listing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and its alternative names for the Criminal Code definition (s.5) and formally repeals the 2018 instrument that previously performed that function (Schedule 1). It does not add new powers or remove names in this text, so the practical scope of the listing remains the same in substance as the prior listing."},"complexity_factors":["Direct cross‑link to the Criminal Code definition (s.5 refers to subsection 102.1(1)) — requires reading the Criminal Code Act 1995 to determine concrete criminal consequences.","Extensive alias list (s.5(2)) — many alternative names expand the identification scope for enforcement and compliance.","Repeal of prior instrument (Schedule 1) — legal housekeeping that may raise transitional or record‑keeping queries.","Limited substantive content — instrument is short and directive, with no new procedural rules or discretionary powers set out.","Clear commencement date (s.2) — fixes when the listing and its effects operate, reducing temporal uncertainty.","No statement of reasons or criteria in the instrument — transparency and administrative‑law questions must be resolved from external records, not the instrument itself."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation formally lists the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (often called PKK) as a \"terrorist organisation\" for the purposes of the Criminal Code and records many of the alternative names it uses (s.5). It took effect on 4 August 2021 and repealed the 2018 instrument; once listed, the Criminal Code’s terrorist‑organisation offences apply to dealings with the group, so the designation affects people and entities that support, associate with, or act for the organisation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-kurdistan-workers-party-regulations-2021","history":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-kurdistan-workers-party-regulations-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-kurdistan-workers-party-regulations-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-kurdistan-workers-party-regulations-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-kurdistan-workers-party-regulations-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-kurdistan-workers-party-regulations-2021/documents"}}