(1) Subject to this section:
(a) this Act has effect despite anything in any other law of the Commonwealth enacted or made before the commencement of this section; and
(b) any law of the Commonwealth enacted or made after the commencement of this section is to be construed as having effect subject to this Act, except where that law expressly overrides this Act.
(2) Subject to subsection 51(2), nothing in this Act affects the operation of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 .