Maritime Transport Act 1994

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This Act is called the Maritime Transport Act 1994. You can find more information about when it starts in the Governor-General's Order in Council. The Governor-General decides when the Act comes into force. This section and some other sections come into force on the day the Act gets Royal assent. You can read about Royal assent in other laws. An order under this section is secondary legislation, which you can learn about in the Legislation Act 2019, specifically in Part 3. The Governor-General can choose different dates for different parts of the Act to come into force. You can look at the specific sections, like section 214, to see when they start. The Act has many parts, and they may start at different times.

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1Short Title and commencement

This Act may be cited as the Maritime Transport Act 1994.
Except as provided in subsection (3), this Act shall come into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council; and, except in the case of the provisions referred to in section 214, different dates may be so appointed by 1 or more Orders in Council for different provisions and different purposes.
This section and sections 2, 214, and 221 shall come into force on the day on which this Act receives the Royal assent.
An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes

Section 1(2): Parts 1–16, section 222, Part 23, sections 329–332, Parts 27–30, sections 468, 471(1), 475(1), 479, 482–484, 485(1), (3), (5), and (6) brought into force, on 1 February 1995, by the Maritime Transport Act Commencement Order 1994 (SR 1994/272).
Section 1(2): Part 26 brought into force, on 20 February 1997, by the Maritime Transport Act Commencement Order 1996 (SR 1996/336).
Section 1(2): Part 22 brought into force, on 19 December 1997, by the Maritime Transport Act Commencement Order 1997 (SR 1997/300).
Section 1(2): sections 223, 224, Parts 19–21, sections 333–341, Part 25, sections 469, 470, 471(2), 472–474, 475(2), 476–478, 480, 481, 485(2), (4), and Schedule 7 brought into force, on 20 August 1998, by the Maritime Transport Act Commencement Order 1998 (SR 1998/206).
Section 1(2): sections 215–220 and Schedule 6 brought into force, on 16 October 2003, by the Maritime Transport Act Commencement Order 2003 (SR 2003/259).
Section 1(4): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).