{"id":"F2022L00148","name":"Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—National Socialist Order) Regulations 2022","slug":"criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-national-socialist-order-regulations-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441203,"registerId":"F2022L00148-fast-fetch-1775956561396","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—National Socialist Order) Regulations 2022","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—National Socialist Order) Regulations 2022\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 17 February 2022\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 Terrorist organisation—National Socialist Order\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—National Socialist Order) Regulations 2022.\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 The day after this instrument is registered. 18 February 2022\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Terrorist organisation—National Socialist Order\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 National Socialist Order is specified.\n\n (2) National Socialist Order is also known by the name Atomwaffen Division.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow function intended by the Criminal Code Act 1995: listing a specific organisation as a terrorist organisation. It has not expanded beyond this purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument: only 4 sections spanning 2 substantive pages","Zero defined terms in the instrument itself (relies entirely on definitions in parent Criminal Code Act 1995)","Single operative provision (section 4) with straightforward declarative effect","No cross-references beyond one citation to the enabling Criminal Code provision","No conditional logic, exceptions, or administrative procedures","Purely nominal/specifying function — simply names an organisation to trigger existing statutory framework"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation lists the National Socialist Order (Atomwaffen Division) as a terrorist organisation in Australia, making involvement—direction, recruitment, training, funding or membership—a serious criminal offence. It affects anyone in Australia connected to or supporting the group, obliges financial institutions to freeze related assets, and enables police and intelligence agencies to use expanded powers.\n\nThe listing targets an international neo‑Nazi network linked to violent crimes overseas and is intended as a preventative measure to disrupt recruitment, financing and potential attacks."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the scope of the Criminal Code or create new offences; it simply specifies a named organisation for the purposes of the existing definition of \"terrorist organisation\" (reg 4). Authority and commencement are procedural (regs 2–3)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument that only specifies an organisation (reg 4)","Direct cross-reference to a single subparagraph of the Criminal Code definition (reg 4(1) references subsection 102.1(1)(b))","Includes an alias to avoid ambiguity (reg 4(2))","Formal commencement and authority clauses are standard technical drafting (regs 2–3)","No operational detail, new offences, or procedural rules in the instrument itself — downstream legal effects are governed by the Criminal Code"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation formally names the organisation \"National Socialist Order\" (also known as \"Atomwaffen Division\") as a \"terrorist organisation\" for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition in subsection 102.1(1) of the Criminal Code (reg 4). It was made under the Criminal Code Act 1995 and commenced on 18 February 2022 (regs 2–3). The listing means the Criminal Code’s legal framework that applies to named terrorist organisations can be applied to this group."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-national-socialist-order-regulations-2022","history":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-national-socialist-order-regulations-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-national-socialist-order-regulations-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-national-socialist-order-regulations-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-national-socialist-order-regulations-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/criminal-code-terrorist-organisation-national-socialist-order-regulations-2022/documents"}}