Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01366:section:2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01366
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 1043–6317

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.                                                                                                                             26 November 2004
2.  Schedule 1, items 1 to 37                                                     The later of the following days (the Thai start‑day):                                                                                                                            1 January 2005 (see Gazette 2004, S530)
                                                                                  (a) 1 January 2005;
                                                                                  (b) the day on which the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement, done at Canberra on 5 July 2004, comes into force for Australia.
                                                                                  However, the provision(s) do not commence at all unless:
                                                                                  (a) the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement comes into force for Australia; and
                                                                                  (b) item 1 (the US item) of Schedule 1 to the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004 commences before, or on the same day as, the Thai start‑day.
                                                                                  If the Thai start‑day is the same day as the day on which the US item commences, then items 1 to 37 of Schedule 1 to this Act commence immediately after the US item commences.
                                                                                  The Minister must announce by notice in the Gazette the day on which the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement comes into force for Australia.
3.  Schedule 1, item 38                                                           The later of:                                                                                                                                                                    1 January 2005 (paragraph (b) applies)
                                                                                  (a) immediately after the commencement of the Customs Tariff Amendment (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Post‑2005 Arrangements) Act 2004; and
                                                                                  (b) immediately after the commencement of the provision(s) covered by table item 2.
                                                                                  However, the provision(s) do not commence at all unless both of the events mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) occur.
4.  Schedule 1, items 39 and 40                                                   At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2.                                                                                                                    1 January 2005
5.  Schedule 2, items 1 to 35                                                     The later of the following days (the Thai start‑day):                                                                                                                            Does not commence
                                                                                  (a) 1 January 2005;
                                                                                  (b) the day on which the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement, done at Canberra on 5 July 2004, comes into force for Australia.
                                                                                  However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if:
                                                                                  (a) the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement does not come into force for Australia; or
                                                                                  (b) item 1 of Schedule 1 to the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004 commences before, or on the same day as, the Thai start‑day.
                                                                                  The Minister must announce by notice in the Gazette the day on which the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement comes into force for Australia.
6.  Schedule