Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance (Declared Terrorist Incident—Bondi Beach) Declaration 2025

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Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance (Declared Terrorist Incident—Bondi Beach) Declaration 2025

I, Jim Chalmers, Treasurer, being satisfied of the matters set out in subsection 6(1) of the Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance Act 2003, make the following declaration.

Dated   16 December 2025

 

Dr Jim Chalmers

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name 

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

Part 2—Declaration of terrorist incident

5  Declaration of terrorist incident

 

Part 1—Preliminary

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance (Declared Terrorist Incident—Bondi Beach) Declaration 2025.

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
• 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance Act 2003.

4  Definitions

Note: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance Act 2003 as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.

  In this instrument:

the Act means the Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance Act 2003.

Part 2—Declaration of terrorist incident

 

5  Declaration of terrorist incident

 (1) Under subsection 6(1) of the Act, the terrorist act covered by subsection (2) constitutes a declared terrorist incident for the purposes of the Act.

 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), this subsection covers the mass shooting event that occurred at Bondi Beach, New South Wales, on 14 December 2025.