Commonwealth legislation

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 10)

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

86 of 2005

Collection

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Plain English Summary

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What this does: These regulations officially designate the military wing of Hamas — known as HAMAS' Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades — as a terrorist organisation under Australian law.

Practical impact:

It becomes a serious criminal offence to be a member of, direct, fund, train, or recruit for this organisation.
It is illegal to associate with members or provide any form of support (financial, logistical, or material).
The government can freeze assets linked to the group, and banks must freeze related accounts.

Who it affects:

Anyone in Australia with actual or perceived links to the Brigades.
Financial institutions, charities, and businesses that must screen transactions to ensure they are not dealing with the organisation.

Other changes: The instrument also performs housekeeping by removing outdated transitional provisions (subregulations 4(5) and (6)) and an obsolete schedule (Schedule 1A, Part 2) from the principal regulations.

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Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 10)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 86

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Criminal Code Act 1995.

Dated 25 May 2005

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

PHILIP RUDDOCK

Attorney-General

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 10).

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on 5 June 2005.

3 Amendment of Criminal Code Regulations 2002

Schedule 1 amends the Criminal Code Regulations 2002.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Subregulations 4 (5) and (6)

omit

[2] Part 2

insert, in correct position

4R Terrorist organisations — HAMAS’ Izz al-Din al‑Qassam Brigades

For paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in subsection 102.1 (1) of the Code, the organisation known as HAMAS’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades is specified.

[3] Schedule 1A, Part 2

omit

Note

Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.

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1 Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 10)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 10)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 86

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Criminal Code Act 1995.

Dated 25 May 2005

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

PHILIP RUDDOCK

Attorney-General

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 10).

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on 5 June 2005.

3 Amendment of Criminal Code Regulations 2002

Schedule 1 amends the Criminal Code Regulations 2002.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Subregulations 4 (5) and (6)

omit

[2] Part 2

insert, in correct position

4R Terrorist organisations — HAMAS’ Izz al-Din al‑Qassam Brigades

For paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in subsection 102.1 (1) of the Code, the organisation known as HAMAS’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades is specified.

[3] Schedule 1A, Part 2

omit

Note

Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.