When you look at the law about marine pollution, you see that some parts will start on a date chosen by the Governor-General. The Governor-General can choose different dates for different parts of the law. You can find out when these parts of the law start by looking at an Order in Council. An Order in Council is a type of secondary legislation, which you can learn more about in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. The law says that the Governor-General can make these Orders in Council for different provisions and purposes. This means you will have to wait until the Governor-General chooses a date for these parts of the law to start.

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Part 18Preliminary provisions relating to marine pollution

221Commencement of provisions relating to marine pollution

Sections 222 and 224, Parts 19 to 27, and sections 469, 470, 471(2), 472, 473, 474, 475(2), 476 to 481, 484, 485(2), and 485(4), and Schedule 7 shall come into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council; and different dates may be so appointed by 1 or more Orders in Council for different provisions and different purposes.
An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes

Section 221(2): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).