Senate

Explanatory Memorandum

(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone)

Notes on clauses

Clause 1 of the Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2002 sets out how the Act is to be cited.

Subclause 2(1) sets out a table containing information about the commencement of each provision of the amending Act. Each provision in column 1 of the table will commence, or be taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2.

The items that do not commence on Royal Assent are of a technical or beneficial nature and the reasons for their particular commencement date are outlined below in the explanation for each item.

Subclause 2(2) specifies that column 3 of the table contains additional information about the commencement of specified items. This subclause provides that such information is not part of the amending Act, but may be included in any published version of the Act.

Clause 3 provides that each Act that is specified in a Schedule to the Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2002 is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in those Schedules. Any other item in a Schedule of the amending Act has effect according to its terms.