Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act—Bamyan 2024) Declaration 2024
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia
Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act—Bamyan 2024) Declaration 2024
I, ANTHONY NORMAN ALBANESE, Prime Minister, make the following declaration.
Dated 23 September 2024
Anthony Albanese
Prime Minister
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Declared overseas terrorist act
1 Name
This instrument is the Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act— Bamyan 2024) Declaration 2024.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 35B(1) of the Social Security Act 1991.
4 Definitions
In this instrument, terrorist act has the same meaning as in subsection 100.1(1) of the Criminal Code.
5 Declared overseas terrorist act
The following terrorist act is a declared overseas terrorist act:
- the shooting at approximately 6pm (local time) in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan on 17 May 2024.
Note: If the Prime Minister makes a declaration under subsection 35B(1) of the Social Security Act 1991, then subsection 35B(2) provides that the Minister is taken to have made a determination under subsection 36(1) that the terrorist act is a major disaster.