2017 No. 615
The Proscribed Organisations (Name Change) Order 2017
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(6)(a) of the Terrorism Act 20001.
In accordance with section 3(6)(a) of that Act, the Secretary of State believes that the organisation listed as Al-Qa’ida in Schedule 2 to that Act is operating wholly or partly under a name that is not specified in that Schedule (whether as well as or instead of under the specified name).
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Proscribed Organisations (Name Change) Order 2017 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is laid before Parliament.
Name change2
Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham, being a name that is not specified in Schedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (proscribed organisations), is to be treated as another name for the organisation listed in that Schedule as Al-Qa’ida2.
(This note is not part of the Order)