Queensland Consolidated Acts

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 32F

32F References to commencement

(1) In an Act, a reference to
"commencement" for an Act or a provision of an Act is a reference to the time the Act or provision comes into operation.

(2) In a provision of an Act, a reference to
"the commencement" without indicating a particular Act or provision is a reference to the commencement of the provision in which the reference occurs.

Example of subsection (2)—

If section 24(3) of an Act stated ‘This section expires 1 month after the commencement’, ‘the commencement’ referred to is the commencement of section 24(3) .