The Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002 was passed by the Australian Parliament, "enabling Australian governments to deal with organisations involved in terrorism",[1] and inserted a range of terrorist organisation offences into the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth).
[4] The list of designated terror organisations is maintained by the Attorney-General's Department.
For listing as a terrorist organisation, an organisation may be found to be such by a court as part of a prosecution for a terrorist offence or the designation may be made by regulation upon the motion of the Attorney-General of Australia under Division 102 of the Criminal Code Act 1995.
[5] Listing, de-listing and re-listing follows a protocol that mainly involves the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Attorney-General's Department.
[citation needed] Under Division 103 of the Criminal Code Act 1995, it is illegal to finance terrorism.