Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01275:section:2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01275
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2
Character Range: 1294–5162

2  Commencement

 (1) 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
Column 1                                                                          Column 2                                                                                                                                    Column 3
Provision(s)                                                                      Commencement                                                                                                                                Date/Details
1.  Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table  The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                                         21 April 2004
2.  Schedule 1, items 1 to 6                                                      At the same time as the Age Discrimination Act 2004 commences                                                                               23 June 2004
3.  Schedule 1, item 7                                                            At the same time as the Age Discrimination Act 2004 commences, subject to subsection (3)                                                    23 June 2004
4.  Schedule 1, items 8 to 13                                                     At the same time as the Age Discrimination Act 2004 commences                                                                               23 June 2004
5.  Schedule 2, items 1 to 21                                                     The later of:                                                                                                                               Never commenced
                                                                                  (a) immediately after the commencement of the Age Discrimination Act 2004; and
                                                                                  (b) immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Act 2004
6.  Schedule 2, item 22                                                           Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Act 2004, subject to subsection (4)  Never commenced
7.  Schedule 2, items 23 to 28                                                    The later of:                                                                                                                               Never commenced
                                                                                  (a) immediately after the commencement of the Age Discrimination Act 2004; and
                                                                                  (b) immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Act 2004

Note: 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.

 (2) 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.

 (3) If item 32 of Schedule 1 to the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Act 2004 commences before the time the Age Discrimination Act 2004 commences, item 7 of Schedule 1 to this Act does not commence at all.

 (4) If the Age Discrimination Act 2004 does not commence before the commencement of item 21 of Schedule 1 to the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Act 2004, item 22 of Schedule 2 to this Act does not commence at all.