Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A05187:section:2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A05187
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2
Character Range: 1404–2094

2  Commencement
 (1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
 (2) Schedule 1 commences on 1 August 1997.
 (3) Schedules 3 and 9 commence, or are taken to have commenced, on 1 October 1997, immediately after the commencement of Schedule 18 to the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Budget and other Measures) Act 1996.
 (4)  The items of Schedules 4, 6, 7 and 8 commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.
 (5) If an item of Schedule 4, 6, 7 or 8 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.