Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01124:section:2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01124
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2
Character Range: 731–3435

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 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table  The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                           27 May 2003
2.  Schedule 1, Parts 1 and 2                                                     A single day to be fixed by Proclamation, subject to subsection (3)                                                           27 November 2003
3.  Schedule 1, items 20 to 78                                                    The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                           27 May 2003
4.  Schedule 1, item 79                                                           Immediately after the commencement of the Health and Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001  17 September 2001
5.  Schedule 1, item 80                                                           The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                           27 May 2003
6.  Schedule 2                                                                    At the same time as the provisions covered by item 2 of this table                                                            27 November 2003

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 a provision covered by item 2 of the table does not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the later of:
 (a) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and
 (b) the day on which Schedule 1 to the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medical Devices) Act 2002 commences;
it commences on the first day after the end of that period.