Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00119:section:2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00119
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 868–7827

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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             14 October 2011
2.  Schedule 1                                                                    The later of:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1 July 2012
                                                                                  (a) the start of the day this Act receives the Royal Assent; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (South Australian Gazette 28 June 2012, No 47 p2923 and Tasmanian Government Gazette 29 June 2012, Special Gazette No 21250 p1454)
                                                                                  (b) the time, or the earliest time, that the National Energy Retail Law as set out in the Schedule to the National Energy Retail Law (South Australia) Act 2011 of South Australia starts to apply under an Act of a State or of the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory.                                                                                            (paragraph (b) applies)
                                                                                  However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.
                                                                                  The Minister must announce by notice in the Gazette the day of the event mentioned in paragraph (b). The notice is not a legislative instrument.
3.  Schedule 2, items 1 to 11                                                     The later of:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1 July 2012
                                                                                  (a) the start of the day this Act receives the Royal Assent; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (South Australian Gazette 28 June 2012, No 47 p2923 and Tasmanian Government Gazette 29 June 2012, Special Gazette No 21250 p1454)
                                                                                  (b) the time, or the earliest time, that the National Energy Retail Law as set out in the Schedule to the National Energy Retail Law (South Australia) Act 2011 of South Australia starts to apply under an Act of a State or of the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory.                                                                                            (paragraph (b) applies)
                                                                                  However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.
                                                                                  The Minister must announce by notice in the Gazette the day of the event mentioned in paragraph (b). The notice is not a legislative instrument.
4.  Schedule 2, items 12 and 13                                                   The later of:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1 July 2012
                                                                                  (a) immediately after the time the provisions covered by table item 3 commence; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (paragraph (a) applies)
                                                                                  (b) the time the Australian Energy Market Agreement (within the meaning of Part IIIAA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010), or any other relevant agreement between the Commonwealth and a State or Territory, is amended to provide for the designation of instruments for the purposes of subsection 44AI(4) of that Act (as substituted by item