Sections 1, 2 and 3

(1)

Sections 1, 2 and 3 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Division 2 of Part 3 of Schedule 1

(2)

Division 2 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 commences immediately after the commencement of Schedule 2 to the Fisheries Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999 .

Part 5 of Schedule 1

(3)

Part 5 of Schedule 1 is taken to have commenced on 1 September 1994, immediately after the commencement of section 83 of the Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1994 .

Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 3

(4)

Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 3 commence at the same time as the item in Schedule 2 that inserts section 189A into the Customs Act 1901 .

Division 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 3

(5)

Division 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 3 commences immediately after the commencement of Schedule 2 to the Fisheries Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999 .

Remaining provisions of this Act

(6)

Subject to subsections (7) and (8), the remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

(7)

If the provisions referred to in subsection (6) do not commence under that subsection within the period of 6 months after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period.

Special condition for commencement of items of Schedule 2

(8)

If, apart from this subsection, an item of Schedule 2 would commence before the commencement of any of the following amendments of the Customs Act 1901 made by the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999 :

(a)

the amendments of sections 4, 175, 185, 219L, 219M and 219ZE;

(b)

the amendments inserting sections 186A and 219NA;