The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014

Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 1624

Prevention And Suppression Of Terrorism

The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014

Made

19th June 2014

Coming into force

20th June 2014

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 3(3)(a) of the Terrorism Act 2000(1).

The Secretary of State believes that the organisations to be added to Schedule 2 to that Act by article 2 of this Order are concerned in terrorism.

In accordance with section 123(4)(a) of that Act, a draft of this Order was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Proscribed organisations

2.  In Schedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (proscribed organisations)(2), after the entry for Ansar al Sharia – Tunisia, insert the following entries—

• “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) (Dawat al Islamiya fi Iraq wa al Sham (DAISh))

• Turkiye Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi (Turkish People’s Liberation Party) (The Hasty Ones) (Mukavamet Suriye)

• Kateeba al-Kawthar (Ajnad al-sham) (Junud ar-Rahman al Muhajireen)

• Abdallah Azzam Brigades, including the Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions

• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command.”

James Brokenshire

Minister of State

Home Office

19th June 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Part 2 of the Terrorism Act 2000 makes provision about proscribed organisations (including setting out offences in relation to such organisations in sections 11 to 13). An organisation is proscribed if it is listed in Schedule 2 to that Act or, in most cases, if it operates under the same name as an organisation so listed (section 3(1)). Article 2 of this Order adds “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant”, “Turkiye Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi”, “Kateeba al-Kawthar”, “Abdallah Azzam Brigades, including the Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions” and “Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command” to the list in that Schedule.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

2000 c. 11; relevant amendments to section 3 were made by sections 21 and 22 of the Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11).

(2)

Schedule 2 has been amended by S.I. 2001/1261, 2002/2724, 2005/2892, 2006/2016, 2007/2184, 2008/1645, 2008/1931, 2010/611, 2011/108, 2012/1771, 2012/2937, 2013/1746, 2013/3172 and 2014/927.