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sec.15DAAutomatic commencement of postponed law
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### sec.15DA Automatic commencement of postponed law
In this section—
assent day means the date of assent of—
if the postponed law is an Act—the Act ; or
if the postponed law is a provision of an Act—the Act that enacts the provision.
postponed law means an Act or provision of an Act that does not commence on the assent day because a provision of an Act postpones its commencement until a day fixed under an instrument.
If a postponed law has not commenced within 1 year of the assent day, it automatically commences on the next day.
However, within 1 year of the assent day, a regulation may extend the period before commencement under subsection (2) to not more than 2 years of the assent day.
The regulation mentioned in subsection (3) may be made under—
the Act that is the postponed law; or
the Act of which the postponed law is a provision; or
an Act that the postponed law amends;
as if the Act mentioned in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) included a provision that had commenced and authorised the regulation to be made.
This section—
only applies to a postponed law enacted after 31 December 1994; and
applies to a postponed law unless an Act expressly states it does not apply.
The Hypothetical Act 1995 was assented to on 5 April 1995 and was expressed to commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation. If the Act was not commenced by 5 April 1996, it would commence on 6 April 1996 under subsection (2) unless a regulation had been made under subsection (3) extending time for commencement.
s 15DA ins 1994 No. 15 s 3 sch 1
(sec.15DA-ssec.1) In this section— assent day means the date of assent of— if the postponed law is an Act—the Act ; or if the postponed law is a provision of an Act—the Act that enacts the provision. postponed law means an Act or provision of an Act that does not commence on the assent day because a provision of an Act postpones its commencement until a day fixed under an instrument.
(sec.15DA-ssec.2) If a postponed law has not commenced within 1 year of the assent day, it automatically commences on the next day.
(sec.15DA-ssec.3) However, within 1 year of the assent day, a regulation may extend the period before commencement under subsection (2) to not more than 2 years of the assent day.
(sec.15DA-ssec.4) The regulation mentioned in subsection (3) may be made under— the Act that is the postponed law; or the Act of which the postponed law is a provision; or an Act that the postponed law amends; as if the Act mentioned in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) included a provision that had commenced and authorised the regulation to be made.
(sec.15DA-ssec.5) This section— only applies to a postponed law enacted after 31 December 1994; and applies to a postponed law unless an Act expressly states it does not apply. The Hypothetical Act 1995 was assented to on 5 April 1995 and was expressed to commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation. If the Act was not commenced by 5 April 1996, it would commence on 6 April 1996 under subsection (2) unless a regulation had been made under subsection (3) extending time for commencement.
- (a) if the postponed law is an Act—the Act ; or
- (b) if the postponed law is a provision of an Act—the Act that enacts the provision.
- (a) the Act that is the postponed law; or
- (b) the Act of which the postponed law is a provision; or
- (c) an Act that the postponed law amends;
- (a) only applies to a postponed law enacted after 31 December 1994; and
- (b) applies to a postponed law unless an Act expressly states it does not apply.