Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2006A00001:section:2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2006A00001
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2
Character Range: 653–4111

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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1 March 2006
2.  Schedule 1                                                                    The later of:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  27 June 2006 (paragraph (b) applies)
                                                                                  (a) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and
                                                                                  (b) the day on which the Supplementary Agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning the Anglo‑Australian Optical Telescope, at Siding Spring, New South Wales, Australia, done at Canberra on 3 November 2005, comes into force for Australia.
                                                                                  However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur before the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
                                                                                  The Minister must announce by notice in the Gazette the day on which the Supplementary Agreement comes into force for Australia.

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.