Commencement
2 Commencement
Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.
Commencement information | ||
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Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. Sections 1 and 2 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent | 15 April 2003 |
2. Sections 3 to 45 | Either: (a) if this Act receives the Royal Assent before 1 July 2003—1 July 2003; or (b) in any other case—a single day to be fixed by Proclamation, subject to subsection (3) | 1 July 2003 (paragraph (a) applies) |
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 is for additional information that is not part of this Act. This information may be included in any published version of this Act.
If a provision covered by item 2 of the table has not commenced on 1 July 2003, and does not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.
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