Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2017A00120:section:2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2017A00120
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2
Character Range: 825–3749

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
Provisions                                                                        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.                                                                                                                                        30 October 2017
2.  Schedule 1                                                                    The later of:                                                                                                                                                                      1 December 2017
                                                                                  (a) the day this Act receives the Royal Assent; and                                                                                                                                (F2017N00093)
                                                                                  (b) the day the Agreement (the Amending Agreement) to amend the Singapore‑Australia Free Trade Agreement and done at Canberra on 13 October 2016 enters into force for Australia.  (paragraph (b) applies)
                                                                                  However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.
                                                                                  The Minister must announce, by notifiable instrument, the day the Amending Agreement enters into force for Australia.
3.  Schedule 2                                                                    The third anniversary of the day on which the provisions covered by table item 2 commence.                                                                                         1 December 2020

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.