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. | 8 July 2009 |
2. Schedule 1 | The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 5 August 2009 |
3. Schedule 2, Part 1 | The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 5 August 2009 |
4. Schedule 2, items 101 and 102 | At the same time as Schedule 5 to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 . | 27 March 2006 |
5. Schedule 2, items 103 to 105 | A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if any of the provision(s) do not commence within t he period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period. | 8 January 2010 |
6. Schedule 2, item 106 | Immediately before the commencement of Schedule 35 to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006 (No. 1) . | 27 March 2006 |
7. Schedule 3, Part 1, Division 1 | The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 5 August 2009 |
8. Schedule 3, items 111 to 114 | The later of: (a) the start of the 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) immediately after the commencement of paragraph 135(1)(b) of the Fair Work Act 2009 . However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur. | 1 January 2010 |
9. Schedule 3, items 115 and 116 | The later of: (a) the start of the 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) immediately after the commencement of item 82 of Schedule 2 to the Same - Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws--General Law Reform) Act 2008 . However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur. | 5 August 2009 |
10. Schedule 3, Part 2 | The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 5 August 2009 |
11. Schedule 4 | The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 5 August 2009 |
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.