2Commencement

2 Commencement (1) Part 1 comes into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. (2) Section 81 comes into operation on a day to be proclaimed, being a day after the day fixed by Proclamation under section 4(2) of the **Abattoir and Meat Inspection (Arrangements) Act 1987** for the end of the reference to the Commonwealth of matters under that Act. (3) The remaining provisions of this Act come into operation on a day or days to be proclaimed. (4) If a provision referred to in subsections (2) or (3) does not come into operation within the period of 18 months beginning on and including the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it comes into operation on the first day after the end of that period.