The Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) prescribes a range of offences relating to terrorists acts and associated conduct. A number of those offences relate to groups that are classified as ‘terrorist organisations’.
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The Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) prescribes a range of offences relating to terrorists acts and associated conduct. A number of those offences relate to groups that are classified as ‘terrorist organisations’.
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The Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) prescribes a range of offences relating to terrorists acts and associated conduct. A number of those offences relate to groups that are classified as ‘terrorist organisations’.
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The Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) prescribes a range of offences relating to terrorists acts and associated conduct. A number of those offences relate to groups that are classified as ‘terrorist organisations’.
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The Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) prescribes a range of offences relating to terrorists acts and associated conduct. A number of those offences relate to groups that are classified as ‘terrorist organisations’.
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The Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) prescribes a range of offences relating to terrorists acts and associated conduct. A number of those offences relate to groups that are classified as ‘terrorist organisations’.
Offences relating to terrorist organistions
Offences that relate to terrorist organisations include:
- Directing the activities of a terrorist organisation, section 102.2 Criminal Code Act, up to 25 years in prison,
- Membership of a terrorist organisation, section 102.3, up to 10 years in prison,
- Recruiting for a terrorist organisation, section 102.4, up to 25 years,
The Minister for Home Affairs is tasked with deciding whether a group is listed as a terrorist organisation.
Who decides whether a group is a terrorist organisation?
The Minister for Home Affairs is tasked with deciding whether a group is listed as a terrorist organisation. To list a group as such, the Minister must be satisfied on reasonable grounds that the organisation:
- Is directly or indirectly engaged in preparing, planning, assisting in or fostering the doing of a terrorist act; or
- Advocates the doing of a terrorist act.
In making that determination, the Minister may consider:
- The organisation’s engagement in terrorism,
- The organisation’s ideology,
- Links to terrorist groups,