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Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998 - Proclamation (10/06/2004)

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This Proclamation commences (activates) specific sections of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998, making them legally enforceable from 11 June 2004.

What it switches on:

The core ban on nuclear weapon test explosions and any other nuclear explosions
Rules for international verification activities (such as on-site inspections to check for banned tests)
Related criminal offences and penalties for violations

Why this matters: Legislation often passes Parliament before it becomes enforceable. This document is the legal "start button" that transforms written law into active, binding law. Without this Proclamation, those sections would remain dormant and unenforceable.

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Proclamation

Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 2 (1) of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998, fix 11 June 2004 as the day on which sections 3 to 7, Part 2, Division 1 of Part 4, Division 1 of Part 5, sections 68 to 72, 74, 75 and 78 of that Act and Schedule 1 to that Act commence.

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 10 June 2004

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

ALEXANDER DOWNER

Minister for Foreign Affairs

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