(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Part 2 of Schedule 1 commences immediately after Part 1 of that Schedule.
(3) Item 1 of Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of item 5 of Schedule 4 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999 .
(4) Items 2, 4 and 5 of Schedule 3 are taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of item 8 of Schedule 4 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999 .
(5) Item 6 of Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of Schedule 5 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999 .
(6) Item 7 of Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of item 22 of Schedule 4 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999 .
(7) Item 8 of Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced on 23 June 1998, immediately after the commencement of Schedule 7 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 1998 .
(8) Schedule 4 commences, or is taken to have commenced, immediately after the commencement of the Criminal Code Amendment (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Act 1999 .
(9) If, apart from this subsection, items 3 to 11 of Schedule 6 would commence after the commencement of the Taxation Laws Amendment (Political Donations) Act 2000 , those items are taken to have commenced immediately before the commencement of that Act.
(10) If, apart from this subsection, items 14, 15 and 16 of Schedule 6 would commence at or before the commencement of the Taxation Laws Amendment (Political Donations) Act 2000 , those items are taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of that Act.
(11) Item 19 of Schedule 6 commences, or is taken to have commenced, immediately after item 26 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 1999 .
(12) Item 33 of Schedule 6 commences, or is taken to have commenced, immediately after item 72 of Schedule 6 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 1999 .
(13) Schedule 8, apart from items 18 and 20, is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of section 1 of the Taxation Laws Amendment (Company Law Review) Act 1998 . Items 18 and 20 are taken to have commenced on 1 July 1999.