Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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.
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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. | 15 March 2007 | |
2. Schedule 1, item 1 | Immediately after the commencement of item 5 of Schedule 1 to the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 . | 15 December 2004 | |
3. Schedule 1, item 2 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 15 March 2007 | |
4. Schedule 1, item 3 | Immediately after the commencement of item 5 of Schedule 1 to the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 . | 15 December 2004 | |
5. Schedule 1, item 4 | Immediately after the commencement of item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Defence Legislation Amendment (Application of the Criminal Code) Act 2001 . | 15 December 2001 | |
6. Schedule 1, items 5 and 6 | Immediately after the commencement of item 1 of Schedule 1 to the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999 . | 13 March 2000 | |
7. Schedule 1, item 7 | Immediately after the commencement of item 42 of Schedule 1 to the Export Market Development Grants Legislation Amendment Act 2006 . | 21 June 2006 | |
8. Schedule 1, items 8, 9 and 10 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 15 March 2007 | |
9. Schedule 1, items 11 and 12 | Immediately after the commencement of item 106 of Schedule 4 to the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 . | 1 July 2006 | |
10. Schedule 1, item 13 | Immediately after the commencement of item 37 of Schedule 1 to the Australia New Zealand Food Authority Amendment Act 2001 . | 1 July 2002 | |
11. Schedule 1, item 14 | Immediately after the commencement of item 1 of Schedule 7 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 2003 . | 30 June 2003 | |
12. Schedule 1, item 15 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 15 March 2007 | |
13. Schedule 1, item 16 | Immediately after the commencement of item 3 of Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Contributions Tax (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997 . | 5 June 1997 | |
14. Schedule 1, item 17 | Immediately after the commencement of item 29 of Schedule 4 to the Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999 . | 1 July 1999 | |
15. Schedule 1, item 18 | Immediately after the commencement of section 151 of the Life Insurance Act 1995 . | 1 July 1995 | |
16. Schedule 1, item 19 | Immediately after the commencement of item 5 of Schedule 1 to the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment Act 2006 . However, if item 5 of Schedule 1 to the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment Act 2006 does not commence, the provision(s) do not commence at all. | 15 March 2007 | |
17. Schedule 1, item 20 | Immediately after the commencement of item 23 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1998 . | 20 September 1998 | |
18. Schedule 1, item 21 | Immediately after the commencement of item 165 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Administration and International Agreements) (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 . | 20 March 2000 | |
19. Schedule 1, item 22 | Immediately after the commencement of item 42 of Schedule 3 to the A New Tax System (Family Assistance and Related Measures) Act 2000 . | 1 July 2000 | |
20. Schedule 1, items 23 and 24 | Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 . | 20 March 2000 | |
21. Schedule 1, item 25 | Immediately after the commencement of item 2 of Schedule 1 to the A New Tax System (Pay As You Go) Act 1999 . | 22 December 1999 | |
22. Schedule 1, item 26 | Immediately after the commencement of item 64 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security and Veterans ' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1998 . | 20 September 1998 | |
23. Schedule 1, items 27 and 28 | Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 5 to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 . | 27 March 2006 | |
24. Schedule 1, item 29 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 15 March 2007 | |
25. Schedule 1, items 30, 31 and 32 | Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 5 to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 . | 27 March 2006 | |
26. Schedule 1, item 33 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 15 March 2007 | |
27. Schedule 1, items 34 to 41 | Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 5 to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 . | 27 March 2006 | |
28. Schedule 2, item 1 | Immediately after the time specified in the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997 for the commencement of item 82 of Schedule 2 to that Act. | 1 January 1998 | |
Immediately after the commencement of section 2 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2005 . | 1 April 2005 | ||
30. Schedule 2, item 5 | Immediately after the time specified in the Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme--Initial Measures) Act 2006 for the commencement of item 3 of Schedule 3 to that Act. | 1 July 2006 | |
31. Schedule 2, item 6 | Immediately before the commencement of item 135 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Tariff Amendment Act (No. 5) 2001 . | 1 January 2002 | |
32. Schedule 2, item 7 | Immediately after the commencement of item 7 of Schedule 19 to the Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Act 2005 . | 1 July 2006 | |
33. Schedule 2, item 8 | Immediately after the time specified in the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 for the commencement of items 38 and 39 of Schedule 8 to that Act. | 1 July 2006 | |
34. Schedule 2, item 9 | Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 9 to the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 . | 1 July 2006 | |
35. Schedule 2, item 10 | Immediately after the time specified in the Maritime Transport Security Amendment Act 2005 for the commencement of item 79 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 30 September 2005 | |
36. Schedule 2, item 11 | Immediately before the commencement of item 3 of Schedule 2 to the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment Act 2006 . | 20 November 2006 | |
37. Schedule 2, item 12 | Immediately after the commencement of section 7 of the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1988 . | 1 May 1989 | |
38. Schedule 2, item 13 | Immediately after the commencement of section 5 of the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1989 . | 16 March 1989 | |
39. Schedule 2, item 14 | Immediately after the commencement of section 2 of the Statute Law Revision Act 2006 . | 23 March 2006 | |
40. Schedule 2, item 15 | Immediately after the time specified in the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Act 2006 for the commencement of item 2 of Schedule 5 to that Act. | 3 November 2006 | |
41. Schedule 2, item 16 | Immediately after the time specified in the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1995 for the commencement of item 50 of Part H of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 9 June 1997 | |
42. Schedule 2, item 17 | Immediately before the commencement of Schedule 5 to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 . | 27 March 2006 | |
43. Schedule 2, item 18 | Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 5 to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 . | 27 March 2006 | |
44. Schedules 3 to 5 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 15 March 2007 | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of 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 contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.