Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 2892
PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM
The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2005
Made
13th October 2005
Coming into force
14th October 2005
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3(3)(a) of the Terrorism Act 2000(1);
In accordance with section 3(4) of that Act, the Secretary of State believes that the organisations listed in article 2 of the following Order are concerned in terrorism;
In accordance with section 123(4)(a) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
1. This Order may be cited as the Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2005 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2. The following organisations are added at the end of Schedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000(2):
Al Ittihad Al Islamia
Ansar Al Islam
Ansar Al Sunna
Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain
Harakat-ul-Jihad-ul-Islami
Harakat-ul-Jihad-ul-Islami (Bangladesh)
Harakat-ul-Mujahideen/Alami
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Islamic Jihad Union
Jamaat ul-Furquan
Jundallah
Khuddam ul-Islam
Lashkar-e Jhangvi
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
Sipah-e Sahaba Pakistan.
Hazel Blears
Minister of State
Home Office
13th October 2005
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 operates under the same name as an organisation so listed (section 3(1)). This Order adds the organisations listed in article 2 to the list in that Schedule.