Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00099:section:2
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Provision Reference: s 2
Character Range: 950–4999

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
Provisions                                                                        Commencement                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Date/Details
1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table  The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  27 November 2023
2.  Schedule 1, Part 1                                                            The later of:
                                                                                  (a) the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent; and
                                                                                  (b) the day on which Australia deposits a declaration on provisional application of the 2009 amendment to Article 6 of the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972, in accordance with Resolution LP.5(14) adopted on 11 October 2019 by the Contracting Parties to the Protocol.
                                                                                  However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.
                                                                                  The Minister must announce, by notifiable instrument, the day on which Australia deposits a declaration on provisional application of that amendment.
3.  Schedule 1, Part 2                                                            The later of:
                                                                                  (a) the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent; and
                                                                                  (b) the day on which the amendments to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972, being the amendments set out in the Annex to Resolution LP.4(8) adopted on 18 October 2013 by the Contracting Parties to the Protocol, enter into force for Australia.
                                                                                  However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.
                                                                                  The Minister must announce, by notifiable instrument, the day on which those amendments enter into force for Australia.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.