(1) This Act commences on the day after its notification day.
Note The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
(2) However, a date or time provided by a special commencement provision for an amendment made by this Act has effect, or is taken to have had effect, as the commencement date or time of the amendment.
(3) In this section:
"special commencement provision", for an amendment made by this Act, is a provision, in brackets beginning with the text ‘commencement:', at the end of the amendment.
Example
An amendment followed by ‘(commencement: 12 November 2006)' means that the amendment is taken to have commenced on 12 November 2006.
Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).