Section 56: Refusal or revocation of registration of NPO linked to terrorist groups.

(1) The Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission or the Director, Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering shall sign a certificate refusing or revoking the registration of any NPO—
(a) based on criminal intelligence reports or on grounds of national security; or
(b) where there are reasonable grounds to believe that an applicant for registration as a registered NPO has made, is making, or is likely to make available any resources, directly or indirectly, to a terrorist, terrorist group or terrorist entity.
(2) The Registrar–General of the Corporate Affairs Commission or the Director, Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering shall—
(a) publish the name of the NPO in at least two national newspapers; and
(b) serve a copy of the certificate signed in subsection (1) on the applicant or the registered NPO at its registered office address, or by registered post sent to its last known address.
(3) The certificate or any matter arising out of it shall not be subject to review or be reinstated, set aside or otherwise dealt with, except in accordance with the provisions of subsection (4).
(4) The Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission or the Director, Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering may authorise the withdrawal of a certificate refusing or revoking the registration of any NPO—
(a) where the promoters, applicant, or the NPO affected by the certificate makes an application to the Registrar-General or the Director, Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering attaching a Court order made under section 57 of this Act, approving the registration or relisting of the NPO; or
(b) upon the satisfaction that acts or circumstances specified in subsection (1) on which the certificate was issued no longer exist.
(5) The withdrawal of a certificate refusing or revoking the registration of any NPO under subsection (4) shall be published in the Federal Government Gazette.