Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 5 - THE SECURITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH  

Part 5.3A - State sponsors of terrorism  

Division 110 - Preliminary  

Subdivision B - State sponsors of terrorism  

SECTION 110.7   Reviews by Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security  

(1)    
This section applies in relation to the following legislative instruments:

(a)    a regulation that specifies an entity for the purposes of the definition of state sponsor of terrorism in subsection 110.3(1) ;

(b)    an instrument made under section 110.4 .

(2)    
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security may:

(a)    review the legislative instrument at any time; and

(b)    report the Committee ' s comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament.

Review of disallowable legislative instrument - extension of disallowance period

(3)    
If the Committee ' s report on a review of a disallowable legislative instrument is tabled in a House of the Parliament under subsection (2) :

(a)    during the applicable disallowance period for that House; and

(b)    on or after the eighth sitting day of the applicable disallowance period;

then Part 2 of Chapter 3 of the Legislation Act 2003 has effect, in relation to that disallowable legislative instrument and that House, as if each period of 15 sitting days referred to in that Part were extended in accordance with the table:

Applicable disallowance period

(4)    
The applicable disallowance period for a House of the Parliament means the period of 15 sitting days of that House after the disallowable legislative instrument, or a copy of the disallowable legislative instrument, was laid before that House in accordance with section 38 of the Legislation Act 2003 .