(1) Sections 1, 2 and 3 and Schedule 1 shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by Proclamation, being a day not earlier than the day on which the Company delivers to the Governor - General an instrument in writing under its common seal in the form set out in Schedule 1, but upon those provisions so coming into operation, those provisions and section 3 shall be deemed to have had effect on and from 13 October 1983.