Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00122:section:2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00122
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2
Character Range: 1106–4276

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 this Act receives the Royal Assent.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   12 September 2012
2.  Schedule 1                                                                    Immediately after the commencement of section 3 of the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1 July 2013
3.  Schedule 2                                                                    A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.
                                                                                  A Proclamation must not specify a day that occurs before the first day there are in force in each State laws of the State that the Minister is satisfied correspond substantially to Part 2 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
                                                                                  However, if the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on that first day, they commence on the day after the end of that period. If the provision(s) commence in this way, the Minister must announce by notice in the Gazette the day the provision(s) commenced. The notice is not a legislative instrument.

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.