(1) Subject to subsections ( 2), (3) and (4), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced on 30 June 1996.
(3) Schedule 4 is taken to have commenced on 20 September 1996, immediately after Schedule 5 to the Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 1995 .
(4) Items 6, 7 and 8 of Schedule 5 are taken to
have commenced on
1 July 1995, immediately after the commencement of
Schedule 1 to the
Social Security (Parenting Allowance and Other Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1994
.