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Contempt of Court Act 2019

2: Commencement

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"When the Contempt of Court Act 2019 Starts to Apply"

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This Act will start on the earlier of two dates. You need to know when the Governor-General says it starts or one year after it gets the Royal assent. The Governor-General can choose a date for this Act to start.

The Governor-General can also choose different start dates for different parts of this Act. You can find out more about how these dates are chosen in the Legislation Act 2019, Part 3 explains how orders like this are published. When an order is made under this section, it is called secondary legislation.

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2Commencement

  1. This Act comes into force on the earlier of—

  2. a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council; and
    1. the date that is 1 year after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent.

      1. One or more Orders in Council may be made under subsection (1)(a) appointing different dates for different provisions.

      2. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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