Criminal Code (Prohibited Hate Group—Hizb ut-Tahrir) Regulations 2026
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Criminal Code (Prohibited Hate Group—Hizb ut‑Tahrir) Regulations 2026
I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 5 March 2026
Sam Mostyn AC
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
Julian Hill
Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Prohibited hate group—Hizb ut‑Tahrir
1 Name
This instrument is the Criminal Code (Prohibited Hate Group—Hizb ut‑Tahrir) Regulations 2026.
2 Commencement
(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.
- Commencement information
- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
- Provisions Commencement Date/Details
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- The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 6 March 2026
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
(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.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the Criminal Code Act 1995.
4 Prohibited hate group—Hizb ut‑Tahrir
(1) For the purposes of the definition of prohibited hate group in subsection 114A.2(1) of the Criminal Code, the organisation known as Hizb ut‑Tahrir is specified.
(2) Hizb ut‑Tahrir is also known by the following names:
(a) HuT;
(b) HT;
(c) Hezb ut‑Tahrir;
(d) Hizb ut Tahrir;
(e) Hizbut Tahrir;
(f) Party of Liberation.