The Proscribed Organisations (Name Change) (Revocation) Order 2025

Made: 17th October 2025

Laid before Parliament: 20th October 2025

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 3(8) of the Terrorism Act 2000[^f00001].

Citation, commencement and extent

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Proscribed Organisations (Name Change) (Revocation) Order 2025 and comes into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which it is laid before Parliament.

• (2) This Order extends to the United Kingdom.

Revocation

2

The Proscribed Organisations (Name Change) Order 2017[^f00002] is revoked.

Signed

Hanson — Minister of State — Home Office — 17th October 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Explanatory Note

Part 2 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c.11) 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)).

The Proscribed Organisations (Name Change) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/615) specified “Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham” as another name for the organisation listed in Schedule 2 as Al-Qa’ida.

Article 2 of this Order revokes the Proscribed Organisations (Name Change) Order 2017 meaning that Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham ceases to be treated as another name for Al-Qa’ida.

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

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2000 c. 11. Subsections (6) to (9) of section 3 were inserted by section 22(2) of the Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11). Al-Qa’ida was added to Schedule 2 by S.I. 2001/1261.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2017/615.