Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00003:section:2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00003
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2
Character Range: 1022–5635

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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         6 March 2012
2.  Schedule 1, Part 1                                                            A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           20 April 2012
                                                                                  A Proclamation must not specify a day that occurs before the day the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, done at New York on 13 April 2005, comes into force for Australia.                                                                                                                                                                  (see F2012L00893)
                                                                                  However, if the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 1 month beginning on the day the Convention comes into force for Australia, 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.
3.  Schedule 1, Part 2                                                            At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       20 April 2012
                                                                                  However, if item 33 of Schedule 2 to the Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Amendment Act 2012 commences at or before that time, the provision(s) do not commence at all.
4.  Schedule 2                                                                    The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         6 March 2012

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.