2006 No. 2016

PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM

The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2006

Made

Coming into force

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 20001;

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 Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

1

This Order may be cited as the Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2006 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 (Proscribed Organisations) to the Terrorism Act 20002:

  • Al-Ghurabaa

  • The Saved Sect

  • Baluchistan Liberation Army

  • Teyrebaz Azadiye Kurdistan.

Tony McNultyMinister of StateHome Office

(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.