Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00595:section:2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00595
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2
Character Range: 753–1272

2  Commencement

 (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

 (2) Item 1 of Schedule 1 is taken to have commenced on 26 February 1997.

 (3) Subject to subsection (4), items 2 to 7 of Schedule 1 commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

 (4) If the items to which subsection (3) applies do not commence within 6 months after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period.