Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Kurdistan Workers’ Party) Regulation 2015
 
Select Legislative Instrument No. 126, 2015
I, the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC QC, Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.
Dated 06 August 2015
Paul de Jersey
Administrator
By His Excellency’s Command
George Brandis QC
Attorney‑General
 
  
  
  
Contents
1............ Name................................................................................................... 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Authority............................................................................................. 1
4............ Schedules............................................................................................ 1
5............ Terrorist organisation—Kurdistan Workers’ Party............................. 2
Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                3
Criminal Code Regulations 2002                                                                            3
 
1  Name
                   This is the Criminal Code (Terrorist Organisation—Kurdistan Workers’ Party) Regulation 2015.
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Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Criminal Code Act 1995.
4  Schedules
                   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
5  Terrorist organisation—Kurdistan Workers’ Party
             (1)  For paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in subsection 102.1(1) of the Criminal Code, the organisation known as Kurdistan Workers’ Party is specified.
             (2)  Kurdistan Workers’ Party is also known by the following names:
                     (a)  Freedom and Democratic Congress of Kurdistan;
                     (b)  Hezan Parastina Gel;
                     (c)  Kongra Gel;
                     (d)  Kongra Gele Kurdistan;
                     (e)  Kurdish Freedom Falcons;
                      (f)  Kurdish Liberation Hawks;
                     (g)  Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress;
                     (h)  Kurdistan Freedom Brigade;
                      (i)  Kurdistan Freedom Hawks;
                      (j)  Kurdistan Halk Kongresi;
                     (k)  Kurdistan Labor Party;
                      (l)  Kurdistan Ozgurluk Sahinleri;
                    (m)  Kurdistan People’s Congress;
                     (n)  New PKK;
                     (o)  Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan;
                     (p)  People’s Congress of Kurdistan;
                     (q)  People’s Defence Force;
                      (r)  PKK;
                      (s)  Teyrbazên Azadiya Kurdistan.
Schedule 1—Amendments
  
Criminal Code Regulations 2002
1  Regulation 4W
Repeal the regulation.