On 29 April 2018, pursuant to section 29A of the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 (TSA), the description of the designated terrorist entity Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis was changed to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province. Henceforth, the designated entity Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis shall be designated under the description Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province.

Also on 29 April 2018 the terrorist designation of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province (formerly Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis) was renewed pursuant to section 35 of the TSA.

Any person who deals with the property of the entity listed below may be liable to prosecution for an offence under section 9 of the TSA.

Organisation

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL Sinai, formerly designated under description Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis; also known ABM, Jamaat Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, Ansar Jerusalem, Jamaat Ansar al-Dalwa al-Islamiyya fi Bayt Al Maqdis, Aknaf Bayt al-Maqdis, Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis, Supporters of the Holy House, Mu’tassim Billah Battalion, Group of Partisans of Jerusalem, Sinai Peninsula, Wilaya of Sinai of the Islamic State, Wilayat Sinai, Wilayah Sinai, Wilayat Sayna, Islamic State-Sinai Province, Sinai Province, Province of Sinai, Islamic State in the Sinai, Daesh Sinai Province, and Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Sinai).

The statement of case for renewal is available on the New Zealand Police website: http://www.police.govt.nz/advice/personal-community/counterterrorism/designated-entities.

The designation expires on 29 April 2021 unless earlier revoked or extended pursuant to section 35 of the TSA.

MIKE BUSH, Commissioner of Police.