Commencement
2 Commencement
Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
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Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. Part 1 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
2. Part 2 | A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if any of the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 12 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period. | 1 July 2004 (see Gazette 2004, GN11) |
3. Division 1 of Part 3 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
4. Divisions 2 and 3 of Part 3 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 July 2004 |
5. Divisions 4 and 5 of Part 3 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
6. Division 1 of Part 4 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
7. Divisions 2 and 3 of Part 4 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 July 2004 |
8. Divisions 4 and 5 of Part 4 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
9. Sections 79 and 80 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 July 2004 |
10. Sections 81 to 87 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
11. Division 7 of Part 4 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
12. Part 5 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 July 2004 |
13. Sections 101 to 104 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
14. Section 105 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 July 2004 |
15. Sections 106 to 108 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
16. Section 109 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 July 2004 |
17. Sections 110 to 112 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
18. Section 113 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 July 2004 |
19. Part 7 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 July 2004 |
20. Sections 134 to 138 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
21. Section 139 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 July 2004 |
22. Section 140 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
23. Sections 141 and 142 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 July 2004 |
24. Sections 143 to 145 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
25. Divisions 3 to 6 of Part 8 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 July 2004 |
26. Parts 9 to 11 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 July 2004 |
27. Parts 12 and 13 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 December 2003 |
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.
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