(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 6 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 6 December 2006 |
2. Schedule 1 | 1 July 2008. | 1 July 2008 |
3. Schedule 2, items 1 to 91 | 1 July 2008. | 1 July 2008 |
3A. Schedule 2, items 92 to 96 | 1 January 2008. | 1 January 2008 |
3B. Schedule 2, items 97 to 116 | 1 July 2008. | 1 July 2008 |
3C. Schedule 2, item 116A | 1 January 2008. | 1 January 2008 |
3D. Schedule 2, item 117 | 1 July 2008. | 1 July 2008 |
4. Schedule 2, item 118 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 6 December 2006 |
5. Schedule 3 | 1 January 2007. | 1 January 2007 |
6. Schedule 4 | Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 3 to this Act. | 1 January 2007 |
7. Schedule 5, Part 1, Division 1 | 1 July 2008. | 1 July 2008 |
8. Schedule 5, Part 1, Division 2 | Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to this Act. | 1 July 2008 |
9. Schedule 5, Part 1, Division 3 | Immediately after the commencement of Division 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to this Act. | 1 July 2008 |
10. Schedule 5, Part 2 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 6 December 2006 |
11. Schedule 5, Part 3 | 1 July 2008. | 1 July 2008 |
12. Schedules 6 and 7 | 1 July 2008. | 1 July 2008 |
13. Schedule 8, items 1 to 5 | 1 July 2008. | 1 July 2008 |
14. Schedule 8, item 6 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 6 December 2006 |
15. Schedule 8, items 7 to 13 | 1 July 2008. | 1 July 2008 |
16. Schedule 8, item 14 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 6 December 2006 |
17. Schedule 8, items 15 to 19 | 1 July 2008. | 1 July 2008 |
18. Schedule 8, item 20 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 6 December 2006 |
19. Schedule 8, items 21 to 157 | 1 July 2008. | 1 July 2008 |
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.