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PROTECTION OF THE SEA (HARMFUL ANTI-FOULING SYSTEMS) ACT 2006 - SECT 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

Provision(s)

Commencement

Date/Details

1.   Sections   1 and 2 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

27   September 2006

2.   Sections   3 to 25

A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.

A Proclamation must not specify a day that occurs before the day on which the Convention enters into force for Australia.

However, if the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which the Convention enters into force for Australia, they commence on the first day after the end of that period. If the provision(s) commence in this way, the Minister must announce by notice in the Gazette the day on which the provision(s) commenced.

The notice is not a legislative instrument.

17   September 2008
( see F2008L00369)

Note:   This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by 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.



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