Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2017— Past Overseas Incidents

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Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2017— Past Overseas Incidents

Social Security Act 1991

I, MALCOLM BLIGH TURNBULL, Prime Minister, make this declaration under subsection 35B(1) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated 6 April 2017

MALCOLM BLIGH TURNBULL

Prime Minister

1 Name of declaration

This declaration is the Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2017— Past Overseas Incidents.

2 Commencement

This declaration commences on the day after this instrument is registered.

3 Definitions

In this declaration:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

terrorist act has the same meaning as in subsection 100.1(1) of the Criminal Code.

4 Declared overseas terrorist act

For the purposes of subsection 35B(1) of the Act, the following terrorist acts are declared overseas terrorist acts:

1. the suicide bombing of a police station at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, on 10 September 2001

2. the grenade attack at the Protestant International Church located in the Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad, Pakistan, at approximately 10.50am (local time) on 17 March 2002

3. the car bombing at a checkpoint leading into the village of Khormal near the town of Halabja, Iraq, on 22 March 2003

4. the bombings at the Al-Jedawal compound, the Al-Hamra compound, and a complex housing staff working for US Defence firm Vinnell Corporation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 12 May 2003

5. the small arms assault on IOM- and UN-marked vehicles travelling on highway 8 from Baghdad toward Hilla, about 50 km south of Baghdad, Iraq, at approximately 11.00am (local time) on 20 July 2003

6. the suicide bombing outside the JW Marriot Hotel, located at Jalan DR Ide Anak Agung Gde Agung Kav E.1.2 No 1&2, Kawasan Mega Kuningan, in Jakarta, Indonesia, at approximately 12.30pm (local time) on 5 August 2003

7. the bombing at the service road to the catering college adjacent to the south-west corner of the United Nations Headquarters at the Canal Hotel, in Baghdad, Iraq, at approximately 4.30pm (local time) on 19 August 2003

8. the bombing at the British Consulate, located in the Beyoglu district in Istanbul, Turkey, at approximately 11.10am (local time) on 20 November 2003

9. the small arms assault on the Louis Berger Group Inc. helicopter at Thaloqan, approximately 64km south-west of the city of Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on 22 February 2004

10. the small arms assault on the ABB Lummus Yanbu Oil Refinery in Yanbu’ al Bahr, Saudi Arabia, at approximately 7.00am (local time) on 1 May 2004

11. the armed assault and hostage taking at the APICORP oil company compounds and Oasis residential complex in Al-Khubar, Saudi Arabia, from 29 to 30 May 2004

12. the three bombings in Dehli, India, on 29 October 2005, in the following locations:

1. the attack at the Paharganj market in central Delhi, near Delhi’s main train station, at approximately 5.45pm (local time)
2. the attack at the Sarojini Nagar market at approximately 6.00pm (local time), and
3. the attack on a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) Outer Mudrika bus in the Govindpuri area in the south of Delhi at approximately 6.05pm (local time)

13. the suicide bombing outside the offices of the Governor of Paktia Province, at Gardez, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, on 10 September 2006

14. the small arms assault and suicide bombing in Khogyani village, in Khogyani District of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on 29 April 2008

15. the bombing at the Shitla ghat public bathing spot on the Ganges River near the Vishwanath temple, in Varanasi, India, at approximately 6.30pm (local time) on 7 December 2010

16. the suicide bombing outside a Shia mosque on Gulistan Road in the Murriabad area of Quetta, Pakistan, on 31 August 2011

17. the kidnapping of an individual for ransom committed by the Abu Sayyaf Group in Mindanao, Philippines from 5 December 2011 to 22 March 2013

18. the bombings outside the Taqwa mosque and the al-Salam mosque in Tripoli, Lebanon, on 23 August 2013

19. the kidnapping from a bus, and subsequent torture and murder of an individual travelling from Ghazni province to Kabul, Afghanistan, on 20 September 2014, and

20. the small arms assault and hostage taking at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, Tunisia, that commenced at approximately 12.00pm (local time) on 18 March 2015.