Preliminary Pages

Membership of the Committee

 

Chair	The Hon Arch Bevis MP
Deputy Chair	The Hon Philip Ruddock MP
Members	Mr Daryl Melham MP	Senator Gavin Marshall
	Mr Mark Dreyfus QC MP	Senator Michael Forshaw
	Mrs Kay Hull MP	Senator Julian McGauran Senator Russell Trood

 

Committee Secretariat

 

Secretary	Dr Margot Kerley
Inquiry Secretary	Mr Robert Little
Office Manager	Mrs Donna Quintus-Bosz

 

Terms of reference

 

This inquiry and report is conducted under the following powers:

Criminal Code Act 1995

Section 102.1A  Reviews by 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

Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (the Brigades)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 14)

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 213

Registered: 7 September 2009 (FRLI: F2009L03397)

 

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 16)

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 215

Registered: 7 September 2009 (FRLI: F2009L03399)

 

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 15)

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 214

Registered: 7 September 2009 (FRLI: F2009L03398)

 

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2009 (No 13)

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 212

Registered: 7 September 2009 (FRLI: F2009L03396)

 

List of recommendations

2       The Listings

Recommendation 1

The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the regulations, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the organisation:

Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades

as a terrorist organisation.

Recommendation 2

The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the regulations, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the organisation:

Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)

as a terrorist organisation.

Recommendation 3

The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the regulations, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the organisation:

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT)

as a terrorist organisation.

Recommendation 4

The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the regulations, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the organisation:

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) as a terrorist organisation.