Counter Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Act 2014 (116 of 2014)

Schedule 1   Main counter terrorism amendments

Part 1   Amendments

Criminal Code Act 1995

81A   Subsection 104.23(1) of the Criminal Code

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police may cause an application to be made to an issuing court to vary, under section 104.24, a confirmed control order, by adding one or more obligations, prohibitions or restrictions mentioned in subsection 104.5(3) to the order, if the Commissioner:

(a) suspects on reasonable grounds that the varied order in the terms to be sought would substantially assist in preventing a terrorist act; or

(b) suspects on reasonable grounds that the person has:

(i) provided training to, received training from or participated in training with a listed terrorist organisation; or

(ii) engaged in a hostile activity in a foreign country; or

(iii) been convicted in Australia of an offence relating to terrorism, a terrorist organisation (within the meaning of subsection 102.1(1)) or a terrorist act (within the meaning of section 100.1); or

(iv) been convicted in a foreign country of an offence that is constituted by conduct that, if engaged in in Australia, would constitute a terrorism offence (within the meaning of subsection 3(1) of the Crimes Act 1914).


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