Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00079:section:2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00079
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2
Character Range: 1036–4505

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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              12 July 2008
2.  Schedules 1 and 2                                                             A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         24 January 2009
                                                                                  A Proclamation must not specify a day that occurs before the day on which the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, done at Montreal on 28 May 1999, enters into force for Australia.                                                                                                                                (see F2008L04662)
                                                                                  However, if the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which the Convention enters into force for Australia, they commence on the first 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 on which the provision(s) commenced.
                                                                                  The notice is not a legislative instrument.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of 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.