Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences,
or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2
of the table.
Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1.
Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this
table
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent
17 December 2003
2.
Schedules 1 and 2
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation, subject to subsection (3)
1 March 2004 (s 2(1); Gazette 2004, GN8)
Note: This table relates
only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and
assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this
Act after assent.
(2)
Column 3 of the table is for additional information
that is not part of this Act. This information may be included in any
published version of this Act.
(3)
If a provision covered by item 2 of the table does not commence
within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives
the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.
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