Preliminary pages

Membership of the Committee

 

Chair	The Hon David Jull MP
Deputy Chair	Mr Anthony Byrne MP
Members	The Hon Duncan Kerr SC MP	Senator Alan Ferguson
	Mr Stewart McArthur MP	Senator the Hon Robert Ray
	Mr Steven Ciobo MP	Senator the Hon John Faulkner
		Senator Fiona Nash

Committee Secretariat

 

Secretary	Ms Margaret Swieringa
Inquiry Secretary	Dr Cathryn Ollif
Administration Officer	Mrs Donna Quintus-Bosz

 

Terms of reference

This inquiry and report is conducted under the following powers:

Criminal Code Act 1995

102.1A  Reviews by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

Review of listing regulation

(1)   If a regulation made after the commencement of this section specifies an organisation for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in section 102.1, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security may:

(a)   review the regulation as soon as possible after the making of the regulation; and

(b)   report the Committee’s comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament before the end of the applicable disallowance period.

And

Relisting of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2006 (No 4)

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 [FRIL Reference No: F2006L03473]

Dated 2 November 2006

Relisting of Jamiat ul-Ansar (JuA)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 5)

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 [FRIL Reference No: F2006L03474]

Dated 2 November 2006

Relisting of Armed Islamic Group (GIA)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2006 (No 6)

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 [FRIL Reference No: F2006L03475]

Dated 2 November 2006

Relisting of Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 7)

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 [FRIL Reference No: F2006L03476]

Dated 2 November 2006

 

List of recommendations

1     Introduction

Recommendation 1

n     The Committee renews its request that the Attorney-General and ASIO incorporate the criteria ASIO has provided for determining which organisations should be listed in future statements of reason.

n     The Committee requests that the Attorney-General and ASIO provide the Committee with a set of criteria outlining under what circumstances an organisation will not be relisted.

2     The Proposed Re-listings

Recommendation 2

The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the regulations on the four terrorist organisations:

n     Abu Sayyaf;

n     Jamiat ul-Ansar;

n     The Armed Islamic Group; and

n     The Salafist Group for Call and Combat.