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SUMMARY

The Bill seeks to;

• delete, amend and insert certain definitions for purposes of alignment with international instruments adopted upon the implementation of the Act;
• provide for offences related to terrorist training and the joining and establishment of terrorist organisations;
• provide for offences related to foreign travel and attempt to leave the Republic under certain circumstances;
• provide for offences in respect of the possession and distribution of publications with unlawful terrorism related content;
• provide for authorisation to be obtained from the Director of Public Prosecutions in respect of the investigation and prosecution of certain offences;
• provide for the issuing of warrants for the search and cordoning off of vehicles, persons and premises;
• provide for a direction requiring the disclosure of a decryption key and the effect of a direction to disclose a decryption key;
• provide for the removal of, or making inaccessible, publications with unlawful terrorism related content; and to provide for matters connected therewith.