Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The provisions of a law providing for its name and commencement automatically commence on its notification day.
Example
The XYZ Act 2002 was notified on 1 October 2002. It contains the following provision:
2 Commencement
This Act commences on 1 December 2002.
The provisions of the XYZ Act 2002 providing for its name and commencement commence on 1 October 2002.
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 s 126 and s 132).
(2) However, if a provision of the law commences before the law's notification day, the naming and commencement provisions are taken to have automatically commenced—
(a) on that commencement; or
(b) if 2 or more provisions of the law commence at different times before the notification day—on the earlier or earliest of the commencements.
Example
2 Commencement
(1) This Act, other than section 9 and section 10, commences on a day fixed by the Minister by written notice.
(2) Section 9 is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2001.
(3) Section 10 is taken to have commenced on 1 August 2001.
The provisions of the XYZ Act 2001 providing for its name and commencement are taken to have commenced on 1 July 2001.
(3) In the application of this section to a statutory instrument that is not a legislative instrument, a reference to the instrument's notification day is a reference to the day after the day it is made or, if it is required under an Act or statutory instrument to be approved (however described) by the Executive, a Minister or any other entity, the day after the day it is approved.
(4) This section is a determinative provision.
Note See s 5 for the meaning of determinative provisions, and s 6 for their displacement.