Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2005A00079:section:2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2005A00079
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2
Character Range: 627–4264

2  Commencement

 (1) 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
Column 1                                                                          Column 2                                                                                                                                                                                            Column 3
Provision(s)                                                                      Commencement                                                                                                                                                                                        Date/Details
1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table  The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.                                                                                                                                                29 June 2005
2.  Schedule 1, items 1 to 16                                                     The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.                                                                                                                                                29 June 2005
3.  Schedule 1, item 17                                                           The later of:                                                                                                                                                                                       1 December 2005
                                                                                  (a) the start of the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and                                                                                                                           (paragraph (b) applies)
                                                                                  (b) immediately after the commencement of item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Migration Litigation Reform Act 2005.
                                                                                  However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.
4.  Schedule 1, item 18                                                           The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.                                                                                                                                                29 June 2005
                                                                                  However, if item 17 of Schedule 1 to the Migration Litigation Reform Act 2005 commences on or before the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, the provision(s) do not commence at all.
5.  Schedule 1, items 19 to 21                                                    The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.                                                                                                                                                29 June 2005

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 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.