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The Proscribed Organisations (Name Changes) Order 2026

S.I. 2026/745 · Made 2 July 2026

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PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM

Made 2nd July 2026

Laid before Parliament 6th July 2026

Coming into force 7th July 2026

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(6)(a) of the Terrorism Act 2000f1.

In accordance with section 3 (6) (a) of that Act, the Secretary of State believes that the organisations referred to in article 2 of this Order, being organisations listed in Schedule 2 to that Act, are operating wholly or partly under names that are not specified in that Schedule (whether as well as or instead of under the specified names).

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 11; section 3(6) was inserted by section 22 of the Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Name changes
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Proscribed Organisations (Name Changes) Order 2026 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is laid before Parliament.

(2)

This Order extends to the United Kingdom.

2Name changes

(1)

The names specified in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph (2), being names not specified in Schedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000, are to be treated as other names for organisations listed in that Schedule as set out in those sub-paragraphs.

(2)

Those names are—

(a)

The Islamic Thinkers Society which is to be treated as another name for both Al-Ghurabaa and The Saved Sectf1;

(b)

The Resistance Front which is to be treated as another name for Lashkar e Tayyabaf2;

(c)

Babbar Khalsa International which is to be treated as another name for Babbar Khalsaf3.

Signature

Angela Eagle

Minister of State

Home Office

2nd July 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Part 2 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) makes provision about proscribed organisations (including the offences in respect of such organisations set out 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)).

Section 3 (6) of that Act (as inserted by section 22(2) of the Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11)) enables the Secretary of State, by order, to provide that a name which is not specified in Schedule 2 to the Act is to be treated as another name for an organisation listed in that Schedule. Article 2 of this Order exercises this power to specify other names for the listed organisations referred to in that article.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary, or public sector is foreseen.