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.
Commencement information | ||
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. | 23 March 2006 |
2. Schedule 1, item 1 | Immediately after the commencement of Division 43 of the Aged Care Act 1997 . | 1 October 1997 |
3. Schedule 1, items 2 and 3 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 23 March 2006 |
4. Schedule 1, items 4 to 6 | Immediately after the commencement of sections 3 to 58 of the Australian Passports Act 2005 . | 1 July 2005 |
5. Schedule 1, item 7 | Immediately after the commencement of item 98 of Schedule 2 to the Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1998 . | 1 July 1998 |
6. Schedule 1, items 8 and 9 | Immediately after the commencement of item 191 of Schedule 9 to the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004 . | 1 January 2005 |
7. Schedule 1, item 10 | Immediately after the commencement of the Crimes (Search Warrants and Powers of Arrest) Amendment Act 1994 . | 30 November 1994 |
8. Schedule 1, items 11 and 12 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 23 March 2006 |
9. Schedule 1, items 13 to 15 | Immediately after the commencement of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 . | 16 July 2000 |
10. Schedule 1, item 16 | Immediately after the commencement of section 51 of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 . | 28 August 1995 |
11. Schedule 1, item 17 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 23 March 2006 |
12. Schedule 1, items 18 to 20 | Immediately after the commencement of item 38 of Schedule 1 to the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Act 2003 . | 1 January 2005 |
13. Schedule 1, item 21 | Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 . | 21 December 2001 |
14. Schedule 1, item 22 | Immediately after the commencement of item 1126 of Schedule 2 to the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997 . | 1 January 1998 |
15. Schedule 1, item 23 | Immediately after the commencement of subsection 4(1) of the Commonwealth Employees' Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 . | 1 July 1988 |
16. Schedule 1, item 24 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 23 March 2006 |
17. Schedule 1, items 25 and 26 | Immediately after the commencement of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 . | 15 December 2004 |
18. Schedule 2, item 1 | Immediately after the time specified in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 2005 for the commencement of item 72 of Schedule 4 to that Act. | 24 March 2005 |
19. Schedule 2, item 2 | Immediately after the time specified in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 2005 for the commencement of item 73 of Schedule 4 to that Act. | 24 March 2005 |
20. Schedule 2, item 3 | Immediately after the time specified in the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997 for the commencement of item 1118 of Schedule 2 to that Act. | 1 January 1998 |
21. Schedule 2, item 4 | Immediately after the time specified in the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997 for the commencement of item 1120 of Schedule 2 to that Act. | 1 January 1998 |
22. Schedule 2, item 5 | Immediately after the time specified in the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997 for the commencement of item 1134 of Schedule 2 to that Act. | 1 January 1998 |
23. Schedule 2, item 6 | Immediately after the time specified in the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997 for the commencement of item 1135 of Schedule 2 to that Act. | 1 January 1998 |
24. Schedule 2, item 7 | Immediately after the time specified in the Australian Meat and Live - stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997 for the commencement of item 6 of Schedule 3 to that Act. | 1 July 1998 |
25. Schedule 2, item 8 | Immediately after the time specified in the Broadcasting Services (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1992 for the commencement of the amendments in Schedule 2 to that Act of section 6 of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 . | 5 October 1992 |
26. Schedule 2, item 9 | Immediately after the time specified in the Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Amendment Act 1994 for the commencement of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 13 January 1995 |
27. Schedule 2, item 10 | Immediately after the time specified in the Corporations (Repeals, Consequentials and Transitionals) Act 2001 for the commencement of item 25 of Schedule 3 to that Act. | 15 July 2001 |
28. Schedule 2, items 11 to 13 | Immediately after the time specified in the Corporations (Repeals, Consequentials and Transitionals) Act 2001 for the commencement of item 4 of Schedule 6 to that Act. | 15 July 2001 |
29. Schedule 2, item 14 | Immediately after the time specified in the Crimes Amendment (Enforcement of Fines) Act 1998 for the commencement of item 3 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 29 June 1998 |
30. Schedule 2, item 15 | At the same time as items 6A to 13 of Schedule 2 to the Crimes Legislation Enhancement Act 2003 . | 3 June 2003 |
31. Schedule 2, item 16 | Immediately after the time specified in the Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 for the commencement of item 277 of Schedule 2 to that Act. | 24 May 2001 |
32. Schedule 2, item 17 | Immediately after the time specified in the Customs Legislation (Anti - dumping Amendments) Act 1998 for the commencement of item 61 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 24 July 1998 |
33. Schedule 2, item 18 | Immediately after the time specified in the Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1998 for the commencement of item 99 of Schedule 2 to that Act. | 1 July 1998 |
34. Schedule 2, item 19 | Immediately after the time specified in the Hearing Services and AGHS Reform Act 1997 for the commencement of item 6 of Schedule 4 to that Act. | 18 June 1997 |
35. Schedule 2 , item 20 | Immediately after the time specified in the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Act 2003 for the commencement of item 104 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 1 January 2005 |
36. Schedule 2, item 21 | Immediately after the time specified in the Privacy Amendment Act 2004 for the commencement of item 11 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 21 April 2004 |
37. Schedule 2, item 22 | Immediately after the time specified in the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2001 for the commencement of item 25 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 1 October 2001 |
38. Schedule 2, item 23 | Immediately after the commencement of section 2 of the Superannuation (Government Co - contribution for Low Income Earners) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 . | 12 November 2003 |
39. Schedule 2, item 24 | Immediately after the commencement of section 2 of the Superannuation Legislation (Commonwealth Employment) Repeal and Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 . | 30 June 2003 |
40. Schedule 2, item 25 | Immediately after the time specified in the Superannuation Legislation (Commonwealth Employment) Repeal and Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 for the commencement of item 170 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 30 June 2003 |
41. Schedule 2, item 26 | Immediately after the time specified in the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2002 for the commencement of item 52 of Schedule 6 to that Act. | 13 May 1997 |
42. Schedule 2, item 27 | Immediately after the time specified in the Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Direct Deductions and Other Measures) Act 2004 for the commencement of item 86 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 29 June 2004 |
43. Schedule 3 | The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 23 March 2006 |
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.