Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00620:section:2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00620
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 1387–3851

2  Commencement

 (1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

 (2) Subject to subsection (3), Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

 (3) If Schedule 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 or 8 does not commence under subsection (2) within 6 months after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, that Schedule commences on the first day after the end of that period.

 (4) If this Act receives the Royal Assent before or on the date of commencement of Schedule 1 to the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998, Part 1 of Schedule 5 to this Act commences on the date of commencement of Schedule 1 to that Act, immediately after the commencement of that Schedule.

 (5) If this Act receives the Royal Assent after the date of commencement of Schedule 1 to the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998, then, subject to subsection (8), Part 1 of Schedule 5 to this Act commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

 (6) If this Act receives the Royal Assent before the date of commencement of Schedule 1 to the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998, then, subject to subsection (8), Part 2 of Schedule 5 to this Act commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

 (7) If this Act receives the Royal Assent on or after the date of commencement of Schedule 1 to the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998, Part 2 of Schedule 5 to this Act does not commence and is taken not to have been enacted.

 (8) If subsection (5) or (6) applies to the commencement of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 5 to this Act and that Part does not commence under the subsection concerned within 6 months after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, that Part of that Schedule commences on the first day after the end of that period.

 (9) If an Act entitled Migration Legislation Amendment (Judicial Review) Act 2000 commences on or before 1 June 1999, Schedule 9 does not commence and is taken not to have been enacted.

 (10) If an Act entitled Migration Legislation Amendment (Judicial Review) Act 2000 has been enacted but has not commenced on or before 1 June 1999, or has not been enacted on or before that date, and this Act receives the Royal Assent on or before that date, Schedule 9 commences on 1 June 1999.

 (11) If an Act entitled Migration Legislation Amendment (Judicial Review) Act 2000 has been enacted but has not commenced on