1Social 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