(a) The Customs (Inter‑State Accounts) Act 1910 was repealed by section 5 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1973.
(b) The Customs Act 1920, which was expressed to amend section 4 and to insert sections 157A to 157F, was to commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation. A Proclamation fixing 11 November 1920 as the day of commencement was ineffective as it was published in the Gazette on 12 November 1920. The Customs Act 1920 was later repealed by the Customs Act 1923.
(c) Section 2 of the Customs Act (No. 2) 1975 provides as follows:
2 This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation at the same time as the Customs Tariff (Coal Export Duty) Act 1975, and the provisions of the Principal Act as amended by this Act shall be deemed to have had effect from that time for all purposes, including purposes related to acts and things done under the Principal Act as proposed to be so amended or under regulations in force under the Principal Act.
Section 2 of the Customs Tariff (Coal Export Duty) Act 1975 provides as follows:
2 This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation at the hour of 8 o’clock in the evening by standard time in the Australian Capital Territory on 19 August 1975.
(d) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by section 3 only of the Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1976, subsection 2(7) of which provides as follows:
(7) The amendments of each other Act specified in the Schedule made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 22 December 1975.
(e) The proposed amendments of the Customs Act 1901 made by the Customs Amendment Act 1979 (as amended by the Customs (Detention and Search) Act 1990) were repealed before a date was fixed for their commencement.
(f) The Customs Amendment Act 1979 was amended by Part III (sections 27 and 28) only of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act 1985, subsection 2(7) of which provides as follows:
(7) Part III shall be deemed to have come into operation immediately before the commencement of section 3 of the Customs Amendment Act 1979.
(g) The Customs Amendment Act 1979 was amended by Part III (sections 14 and 15) only of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1985, subsection 2(6) of which provides as follows:
(6) Part III shall come into operation on the day on which section 5 of the Customs Amendment Act 1979 comes into operation.
Section 5 of the Customs Amendment Act 1979 was repealed before a date was fixed for the commencement.
(h) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by section 115 only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1981, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(i) Sections 13 and 14 of the Customs Amendment Act 1981 were repealed by section 33 of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1989 before a date was fixed for their commencement.
(j) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Part LXXVII (section 280) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2)1982, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Sections 1, 2, 166 and 195 and Parts III, VI, VII, XVI, XXXVI, XLIV, LI, LIII, LIV, LXI and LXXVII shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(k) Sections 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 25, 54 and 66 of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982 were repealed by section 33 of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1989 before a date was fixed for their commencement.
Subsection 70(3) and Schedule 2, Part III of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982 were repealed by section 3 of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1984 before a date was fixed for their commencement.
(l) The Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983, paragraph 2(5)(a) of which provides as follows:
(5) The amendments of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982 made by this Act shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires:
(a) in the case of the amendments of section 30 of that Act—on the commencement of that section;
(m) The Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1984, subsection 2(10) of which provides as follows:
(10) The amendments of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 23 September 1982.
(n) Section 2 of the Diesel Fuel Taxes Legislation Amendment Act 1982 provides as follows:
2 This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation at the hour of 8 o’clock in the evening by standard time in the Australian Capital Territory on 17 August 1982.
(p) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:
(4) The amendments of the Customs Act 1901 made by this Act shall:
(a) in the case of the amendments of section 131A of that Act—come into operation, or be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on the commencement of the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982;
(b) in the case of the amendment of subsection 273F(2) of that Act—come into operation on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and
(c) in the case of the other amendments of that Act—be deemed to have come into operation at the hour of 8 o’clock in the evening by standard time in the Australian Capital Territory on 17 August 1982.
The Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982 came into operation on 1 May 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S137).
In pursuance of paragraph 2(4)(b) the date of commencement was 18 July 1983.
(q) Subsections 2(1) and (3) of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1983 provide as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation at the hour of 8 o’clock in the evening by standard time in the Australian Capital Territory on 23 August 1983.
(3) Section 4 shall come into operation immediately after the commencement of section 25 of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982.
In pursuance of subsection 2(3) section 25 was repealed by section 33 of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1989 before a date was fixed for the commencement.
(r) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by subsection 151(2) only of the Public Service Reform Act 1984, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:
(4) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day as is, or on such respective days as are, fixed by Proclamation.
(s) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1984, subsections 2(1) and (7)–(9) of which provide as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(7) The amendments of the definition of Australian installation in subsection 4(1) and of paragraph 161A(3)(c) of the Customs Act 1901 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 1983.
(8) If the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent is an earlier day than the day on which section 22 of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982 comes into operation, the amendment of section 96A of the Customs Act 1901 made by this Act shall come into operation on the last‑mentioned day.
(9) If the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent is an earlier day than the day on which section 25 of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982 comes into operation, the amendments of sections 111, 111A and 111D of the Customs Act 1901 made by this Act and the amendment of that Act inserting section 273GAB made by this Act shall come into operation on the last‑mentioned day.
In pursuance of subsection 2(8) the date of commencement was 2 December 1985 (see Gazette 1985, No. S490).
In pursuance of subsection 2(9) section 25 was repealed by section 33 of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1989 before a date was fixed for the commencement.
(t) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(u) Subsections 2(3) and (4) of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act 1985 provide as follows:
(3) Sections 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 34, 35, 36 and 44 shall come into operation on such day as is, or on such respective days as are, fixed by Proclamation.
(4) Section 8 shall come into operation on the day on which section 4 of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1983 comes into operation. [see (q) above]
In pursuance of subsection 2(3) sections 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 34, 36 and 44 were repealed by section 33 of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1989 before a date was fixed for their commencement.
(v) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by sections 3–13 only of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1985, subsections 2(1)–(5) of which provide as follows:
(1) Sections 1, 2, 3, 8 and 16 shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Sections 4, 7, 12, 18 and 21 shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(3) Sections 5, 11 and 13 shall come into operation on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(4) Section 6 shall come into operation on the day on which section 22 of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982 comes into operation.
(5) Sections 9, 10, 19 and 20 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 November 1985.
(w) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by sections 7–18 only of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act 1986, subsections 2(1)–(3) of which provide as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Subsection 8(2) and sections 10, 13, 14 and 15 shall come into operation on the commencement of the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986.
(3) Sections 16, 17 and 18 shall come into operation on 1 July 1986.
(x) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(y) The Crimes Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1988 was amended by Part VII
(sections 25–27) only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1988, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:
(4) Part VII shall be taken to have commenced on 15 June 1988.
(z) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Part VIII (sections 28 and 29) only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1988, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) Parts VIII, IX and XVI (except the provisions referred to in subsection (9)) commence on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(za) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by subsection 74(1) only of the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1991, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(zb) The Customs Legislation (Tariff Concessions and Anti‑Dumping) Amendment Act 1992 was amended by section 23 (item 3) only of the Customs Legislation Amendment Act 1993, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:
(4) Section 15, subsection 16(2) and section 23, so far as it relates to item 3 of Schedule 2, are taken to have commenced on 1 November 1992.
(zc) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by section 24 only of the Territories Law Reform Act 1992, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) The remaining provisions of this Act commence on 1 July 1992.
(zd) The Customs Legislation (Anti‑Dumping Amendments) Act 1992 was amended by section 23 (item 2) only of the Customs Legislation Amendment Act 1993, subsection 2(7) of which provides as follows:
(7) Section 23, so far as it relates to item 2 of Schedule 2, is taken to have commenced on 1 January 1993.
(ze) The Customs Legislation Amendment Act 1992 was amended by section 23 (item 1) only of the Customs Legislation Amendment Act 1993, subsection 2(6) of which provides as follows:
(6) Section 23, so far as it relates to item 1 of Schedule 2, is taken to have commenced on 18 August 1992.
(zf) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by section 125 only of the Corporate Law Reform Act 1992, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.
(zg) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by sections 4–20 only of the Customs Legislation Amendment Act 1993, subsections 2(1)–(5) and (8) of which provide as follows:
(1) Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 14, subsection 16(1) and sections 18 and 21 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Section 8 is taken to have commenced on 1 September 1992.
(3) Sections 11, 12 and 13 commence 28 days after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(4) Section 15, subsection 16(2) and section 23, so far as it relates to item 3 of Schedule 2, are taken to have commenced on 1 November 1992.
(5) Section 17 commences, or is taken to have commenced, 14 days after the day on which the Customs Tariff Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993 receives or received the Royal Assent.
(8) Subject to subsection (9), the remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.
(zh) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by section 31 only of the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1994, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:
(4) The amendments made by this Act to the Australian Federal Police Act 1979, the Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991 (other than the amendment made to Schedule 5 to that Act), the Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989, the Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976, the Crimes (Overseas) Act 1964, the Crimes (Superannuation Benefits) Act 1989, the Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990, the Customs Act 1901, the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983, the Extradition Act 1988, the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 and to sections 23 and 59 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 commence on the 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(zi) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by the Customs, Excise and Bounty Legislation Amendment Act 1995, subsections 2(1) and (3)–(6) of which provide as follows:
(1) Subject to subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(3) Items 16 and 18 to 25 of Schedule 4 are taken to have commenced on 1 April 1994.
(4) Items 7 to 9, 46 to 48, and 54, 55 and 62 of Schedule 4 commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(5) Schedules 2 and 3, items 1, 26 to 45, 49 to 53 and 56 and 67 of Schedule 4, Schedule 6, items 6 to 11 of Schedule 7 and Schedules 8 and 10 commence on 1 July 1995.
(6) If items 7 to 9, 46 to 48, and 54, 55 and 62 of Schedule 4 do not commence under subsection (4) within the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period.
(zj) Subsections 2(2) and (3) of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act 1995 provide as follows:
(2) Items 2, 6 (only insofar as that item refers to water) and items 7, 10 and 11 of Schedule 1 are taken to have commenced on 1 August 1986.
(3) Items 1, 1A, 3, 3A, 4, 5, 6 (insofar as that item refers to sand, sandstone, soil, slate, clay (other than bentonite and kaolin), basalt, granite, gravel and limestone (other than agricultural use limestone)) and items 8, 9, 12 and 13 of Schedule 1, and Schedule 2, commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(zk) Section 2 of the Customs Tariff (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1996 provides as follows:
2 This Act commences on 1 July 1996 immediately after the commencement of the Customs Tariff Act 1995.
(zl) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 46) and Schedule 4 (item 56) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Each item in Schedule 2 commences or is taken to have commenced (as the case requires) at the time specified in the note at the end of the item.
Item 46 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of item 28 of Schedule 4 to the Customs, Excise and Bounty Legislation Amendment Act 1995.
Item 28 of Schedule 4 commenced on 1 July 1995.
(zla) The Customs Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 7–9) only of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(zm) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 17 and 18) only the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(zn) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 1 only of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997, subsections 2(2)–(4) of which provide as follows:
(2) The items of Schedule 1 (other than item 27) and Schedule 2 (other than item 14) commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.
(3) If an item to which subsection (2) applies does not commence within a period of 6 months after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, the item commences on the first day after the end of that period.
(4) Item 27 of Schedule 1 commences immediately after the commencement of item 26 of that Schedule under subsection (2) or (3).
(zo) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 22) only of the Environment, Sport and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to subsection (2), (3) and (4), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(zp) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 657–661) only of the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
(2) Schedules 1, 2 and 4 commence on the same day as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.
(zq) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 3 only of the Telecommunications (Interception) and Listening Device Amendment Act 1997, subsections 2(1) and (2)(c) of which provide as follows:
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) The following provisions commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation:
(c) items 1 to 8 (inclusive) and 11 to 13 (inclusive) of Schedule 3.
(zr) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 1–6) only of the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998, subsections 2(1)–(3) of which provide as follows:
(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Items 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 are taken to have commenced on 1 August 1997, immediately after the commencement of item 11 of Schedule 1 to the Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997.
(3) Items 5 and 6 of Schedule 1 are taken to have commenced on 1 July 1995.
(zs) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedules 1 and 2 only of the Customs Legislation (Anti‑dumping Amendments) Act 1998, subsections 2(2), (3) and (5) of which provide as follows:
(2) Subject to subsection (4), the items of Schedule 1 (other than item 39), the items of Schedules 2 and 4 and the items of Schedule 3 (other than item 11) commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(3) Subject to subsection (5), item 39 of Schedule 1 and item 11 of Schedule 3 commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation after, but not more than 150 days after, the day fixed for the purposes of subsection (2).
(5) If the items to which subsection (3) applies do not commence within 150 days after the day on which the items to which subsection (2) applies commence, they commence on the first day after the end of that 150 days.
(zsa) Subsection 2(1) (item 32) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2006 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 32. Schedule 2, item 17 | Immediately after the time specified in the Customs Legislation (Anti‑dumping Amendments) Act 1998 for the commencement of item 61 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 24 July 1998 |
(zt) Subsection 2(4) of the Customs (Anti‑dumping Amendments) Act 1999 provides as follows:
(4) Items 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19 of Schedule 1 are taken to have commenced on 24 July 1998, immediately after the commencement of the items (other than item 39) of Schedule 1 to the Customs Legislation (Anti‑dumping Amendments) Act 1998.
(zu) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 6 (item 6) only of the A New Tax System (Indirect Tax and Consequential Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1999, subsection 2(8) of which provides as follows:
Schedule 6—Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme
(8) Schedule 6 commences immediately after the commencement of the Customs and Excise Amendment (Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme) Act 1999.
The Customs and Excise Amendment (Disesl Fuel Rebate Scheme) Act 1999 came into operation on 1 July 2000.
(zv) Subsection 2(2) of the Customs Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999 provides as follows:
(2) Items 4 and 5 of Schedule 1 are taken to have commenced on 1 September 1992, immediately after section 20 of the Customs Legislation Amendment Act 1992 is taken to have commenced.
(zw) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 1 only of the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
(2) The items of Schedules 1 and 2 commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.
(zx) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 1 only of the ACIS Administration Act 1999, section 2 of which provides as follows:
2 This Act commences immediately after the commencement of the Customs Tariff Amendment (ACIS Implementation) Act 1999.
The Customs Tariff Amendment (ACIS Implementation) Act 1999 came into operation on 30 December 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S627).
(zy) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 355) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:
(1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.
(2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.
(zz) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 2 only of the Border Protection Legislation Amendment Act 1999, subsection 2(6) of which provides as follows:
Remaining provisions of this Act
(6) Subject to subsections (7) and (8), the remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.
(zza) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 1 and 24) only of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment Act 1999, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
Schedule 3
(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (6), Schedule 3 commences immediately after the commencement of the other Schedules to this Act.
The other Schedules to this Act commenced on 10 December 1999.
(zzb) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 2 only of the A New Tax System (Indirect Tax and Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 subsections 2(6)–(8) of which provide as follows:
Schedule 2—Customs Act
(6) Item 5 of Schedule 2 commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent if, and only if, this Act receives the Royal Assent before the day on which Schedule 2 to the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999 commences.
Note: The rest of Part 1 of Schedule 2 commences on Royal Assent.
(7) Part 2 of Schedule 2 commences immediately after the commencement of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.
(8) Part 3 of Schedule 2 commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, or immediately after the commencement of Schedule 2 to the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999, whichever is later.
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 came into operation on 1 July 2000.
Schedule 2 to the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999 commenced on 3 May 2000.
(zzc) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 1–5) only of the A New Tax System (Indirect Tax and Consequential Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1999, subsection 2(8) of which provides as follows:
Schedule 6—Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme
(8) Schedule 6 commences immediately after the commencement of the Customs and Excise Amendment (Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme) Act 1999.
The Customs and Excise Amendment (Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme) Act 1999 came into operation on 1 July 2000.
(zzd) Section 2 of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 9) 1999 provides as follows:
2 This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, immediately after the commencement of the Customs and Excise Amendment (Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme) Act 1999.
(zze) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 26–32) only of the Timor Gap Treaty (Transitional Arrangements) Act 2000, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
(2) Sections 3 to 7 and Schedules 1 and 2 (other than items 18 to 25 of Schedule 2) are taken to have commenced at the transition time. [see Table A]
(zzf) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 4B (items 1–5) only of the A New Tax System (Tax Administration) Act (No. 2) 2000, subsection 3(5A) of which provides as follows:
(5A) Schedule 4B commences, or is taken to have commenced, immediately after the commencement of the Customs and Excise Amendment (Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme) Act 1999.
The Customs and Excise Amendment (Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme) Act 1999 came into operation on 1 July 2000.
(zzfa) The A New Tax System (Tax Administration) Act (No. 2) 2000 was amended by Schedule 7 (item 11) only of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 8) 2000, subsection 2(6) of which provides as follows:
(6) Items 11 and 12 of Schedule 7 are taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of Schedule 4B to the A New Tax System (Tax Administration) Act (No. 2) 2000.
Schedule 4B commenced on 1 July 2000.
(zzg) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 11 (items 16G–16I) only of the Indirect Tax Legislation Amendment Act 2000, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences immediately after the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the A New Tax System (Indirect Tax and Consequential Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1999.
Part 1 of Schedule 1 commenced on 1 July 2000.
(zzh) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 21–24) only of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 8) 2000, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(zzi) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 21 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001, subsections 2(1)(a), (3) and (8) of which provide as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the later of the following times:
(a) immediately after the commencement of item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000;
(3) Schedules 21 and 51 commence on the day mentioned in subsection 2.2(2) of the Criminal Code.
(8) If paragraph 234(1)(c) of the Customs Act 1901 is repealed by another Act on or before the commencement of Schedule 21 to this Act, items 122 and 124 of that Schedule do not commence.
Item 15 commenced on 24 May 2001.
Items 122 and 124 do not commence.
(zzj) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 3 only of the Taxation Laws Amendment (Excise Arrangements) Act 2001, subsections 2(1)(b) and (2) of which provide as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the earlier of:
(b) 28 days after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Items 69, 106 and 109 of Schedule 2, items 83 and 103 of Schedule 3, item 53 of Schedule 4, item 26 of Schedule 5 and item 22 of Schedule 6 commence:
(a) if Parts 4 to 10 of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2001 have not commenced when the other provisions of this Act commence under subsection (1)—immediately after the commencement of those Parts; or
The Administrative Review Tribunal Bill has not been enacted. Therefore these amendments do not commence.
(zzk) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 152–165) only of the Corporations (Repeals, Consequentials and Transitionals) Act 2001, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) Subject to subsections (4) to (10), Schedule 3 commences, or is taken to have commenced, at the same time as the Corporations Act 2001.
(zzl) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001, subsections 2(1)–(7) of which provide as follows:
(1) Sections 1 to 3, and items 82, 84, 109, 123 and 152 to 171 in Schedule 3, commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Subject to subsection (7), Part 4 of Schedule 1 commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(3) Subject to subsection (7), Part 2 of Schedule 3 (other than item 43) and item 119 in Part 6 of Schedule 3 commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(3A) Subject to subsection (7), item 43 in Schedule 3 commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(4) Subject to subsection (7), Part 4 of Schedule 3 (other than items 82 and 84) commences on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.
(5) Subject to subsections (6) and (7), the following items in the Schedules commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation:
(a) the items in Schedule 1 other than the items in Part 4 of that Schedule;
(b) the items in Schedule 2;
(c) the items (other than items 109, 119, 123 and 152 to 171) in Parts 1, 3, 5 and 6 of Schedule 3;
(d) the item in Schedule 4.
(6) If an item in Schedule 4 does not commence under subsection (5) within the period of 2 years beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.
(7) If an item in a Schedule (other than Schedule 4) does not commence under subsection (2), (3), (3A), (4) or (5) within the period of 4 years beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.
(zzm) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 50 and 51), Schedule 4 (items 59–69) and Schedule 5 (items 8 and 9) only of the Measures to Combat Serious and Organised Crime Act 2001, subsections 2(2) and (5) of which provide as follows:
(2) Subject to subsection (3), Schedules 1 and 2 commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.
(5) The remainder of this Act commences on the 28th day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(zzn) The Customs Act 1901 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 1) only of the Fuel Legislation Amendment (Grant and Rebate Schemes) Act 2001, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(zzo) Subsection 2(1) (items 5, 7 and 8) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2002 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 5. Schedule 1, item 6 | Immediately after item 13 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 commenced | 1 July 2002 |
| 7. Schedule 1, item 9 | Immediately after item 69 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Legislation (Anti‑dumping Amendments) Act 1998 commenced | 24 July 1998 |
| 8. Schedule 1, items 10, 11, 12 and 13 | Immediately after item 70 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Legislation (Anti‑dumping Amendments) Act 1998 commenced | 24 July 1998 |
(zzp) Subsection 2(1) (items 5 and 8) of the Border Security Legislation Amendment Act 2002 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 5. Part 2 of Schedule 4 | Immediately after item 118 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 commences | 19 July 2005 |
| 8. Schedule 6, items 10 to 15 | Immediately before item 122 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 commences | 19 July 2005 |
(zzq) Subsections 2(1) (items 3–7, 9, 11, 13–15, 17, 20, 23, 26, 27 and 30) of the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2002 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 3. Schedule 3, items 1 to 5 | The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 118 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001; and (b) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent | 19 July 2005 (paragraph (a) applies) |
| 4. Schedule 3, items 6 and 7 | The latest of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 118 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001; and (b) if the Border Security Legislation Amendment Act 2002 has been enacted—immediately after the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to that Act; and (c) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 19 July 2005 (paragraph (a) applies) |
| 5. Schedule 3, item 8 | The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 81 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001; and (b) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent | 19 July 2005 (paragraph (a) applies) |
| 6. Schedule 3, items 9 to 21 | The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 38 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001; and (b) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent | 19 July 2005 (paragraph (a) applies) |
| 7. Schedule 3, items 22 and 23 | The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 138 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001; and (b) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent | 19 July 2005 (paragraph (a) applies) |
| 9. Schedule 3, item 26 | The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 38 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001; and (b) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent | 19 July 2005 (paragraph (a) applies) |
| 11. Schedule 3, item 28 | The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 62 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001; and (b) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent | 22 September 2004
(paragraph (a) applies) |
| 13. Schedule 3, items 30 to 43 | The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 62 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001; and (b) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent | 22 September 2004
(paragraph (a) applies) |
| 14. Schedule 3, item 44 | The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 17 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001; and (b) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent | 19 July 2005 (paragraph (a) applies) |
| 15. Schedule 3, items 45 to 47 | The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 97A of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001; and (b) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent | 22 September 2004
(paragraph (a) applies) |
| 17. Schedule 3, item 49 | The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 1 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001; and (b) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent | 22 September 2004
(paragraph (a) applies) |
| 20. Schedule 3, item 55 | The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 101 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001; and (b) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent | 22 September 2004
(paragraph (a) applies) |
| 23. Schedule 3, items 67 and 68 | Immediately before the commencement of item 27 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 | 19 July 2005 |
| 26. Schedule 3, item 72 | Immediately before the commencement of item 110 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 | 19 July 2005 |
| 27. Schedule 3, item 73 | Immediately before the commencement of item 117 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 | 19 July 2005 |
| 30. Schedule 5, Part 2 | Immediately after the commencement of item 118 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 | 19 July 2005 |
(zzr) Subsection 2(1) (item 20) of the Crimes Legislation Enhancement Act 2003 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 20. Schedule 3, item 30 | Immediately after the commencement of item 28 of Schedule 4 to the Customs, Excise and Bounty Legislation Amendment Act 1995 | 1 July 1995 |
(zzs) Subsection 2(1) (item 11) of the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 11. Schedule 3, Part 4 | The later of: (a) the start of the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) immediately after the commencement of item 62 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 | 22 September 2004
(paragraph (b) applies) |
(zzt) Subsection 2(1) (items 2–5 and 7) of the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 2. Schedule 1, Part 1 | Immediately after the commencement of item 118 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 | 19 July 2005 |
| 3. Schedule 1, Part 2 | Immediately after the commencement of item 62
of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 | 22 September 2004 |
| 4. Schedule 1, Part 3, Division 1 | Immediately after the commencement of item 1
of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 | 22 September 2004 |
| 5. Schedule 1, Part 3, Division 2 | Immediately after the commencement of item 38
of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 | 19 July 2005 |
| 7. Schedule 1, Part 5 | Immediately after the commencement of item 5 of Schedule 6 to the Border Security Legislation Amendment Act 2002 | 5 January 2003 |
(zzu) Subsection 2(1) (item 3) of the Legislative Instruments (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 3. Schedule 1 | Immediately after the commencement of sections 3 to 62 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 | 1 January 2005 |
(zzv) Subsection 2(1) (item 2) of the Designs (Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 2. Schedules 1 and 2 | Immediately after the commencement of section 4 of the Designs Act 2003. | 17 June 2004 |
(zzw) Subsection 2(1) (items 4, 5, 7, 8, 16 and 18) of the Customs Legislation Amendment (Application of International Trade Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2004 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 4. Schedule 1, item 4 | The later of: (a) the start of the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) immediately after the commencement of item 118 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001. | 19 July 2005 (paragraph (b) applies) |
| 5. Schedule 1, item 5 | The later of: (a) the start of the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) immediately after the commencement of item 1 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur. | 19 July 2005 (paragraph (b) applies) |
| 7. Schedule 1, item 12 | The later of: (a) the start of the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) immediately after the commencement of item 22 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2002. | 19 July 2005 (paragraph (b) applies) |
| 8. Schedule 1, item 13 | The later of: (a) the start of the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) immediately after the commencement of item 138 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001. | 19 July 2005 (paragraph (b) applies) |
| 16. Schedule 2, item 15 | The later of: (a) the start of the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) immediately after the commencement of item 40 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2002. | 22 September 2004
(paragraph (b) applies) |
| 18. Schedule 2, item 27 | Immediately after the commencement of section 2 of the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2002. | 10 October 2002 |
(zzx) Subsection 2(1) (item 2) of the Excise and Other Legislation Amendment (Compliance Measures) Act 2004 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 2. Schedule 1, item 1 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 4. However, this provision does not commence at all if item 62 in Part 3 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 commences before, or at the same time as, the provision(s) covered by table item 4. | Does not commence |
(zzy) Subsection 2(1) (items 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 and 19) of the Customs Legislation Amendment (Airport, Port and Cargo Security) Act 2004 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 3. Schedule 2, item 1 | The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 10 August 2004 |
| 5. Schedule 2, item 3 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 3. However, if the provision(s) covered by table item 3 commence before, or at the same time as, the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this provision does not commence at all. | Does not commence |
| 7. Schedule 2, item 5 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 3. However, if the provision(s) covered by table item 3 commence before, or at the same time as, the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this provision does not commence at all. | Does not commence |
| 8. Schedule 3, item 1 | A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if any of the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period. | 13 January 2005 |
| 10. Schedule 3, item 3 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 8. However, if item 62 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001 commences before, or at the same time as, the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this provision does not commence at all. | Does not commence |
| 11. Schedule 3, item 4 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 8. However, if the provision(s) covered by table item 3 commence before, or at the same time, as the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this provision does not commence at all. | Does not commence |
| 13. Schedule 3, item 6 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 8. However, if the provision(s) covered by table item 3 commence before, or at the same time, as the provision(s) covered by table item 8, this provision does not commence at all. | Does not commence |
| 19. Schedule 6, items 5 to 12 | The later of: (a) the time the provision(s) covered by table item 18 commence; and (b) immediately after the commencement of item 118 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001. | 19 July 2005
(paragraph (b) applies) |
(zzz) Subsection 2(1) (items 2–8) of the Customs Amendment (Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Act 2004 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 2. Schedule 1, Parts 1 and 2 | The later of: (a) 1 January 2005; and (b) the day on which the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement, done at Canberra on 5 July 2004, comes into force for Australia. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur. The Minister must announce by notice in the Gazette the day on which the Agreement comes into force for Australia. | 1 January 2005 (see Gazette 2004, S530) |
| 3. Schedule 1, item 3 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all unless item 1 of Schedule 1 to the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004 commences before, or at the same time as, the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 January 2005 |
| 4. Schedule 1, item 4 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if item 1 of Schedule 1 to the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004 commences before, or at the same time as, the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | Does not commence |
| 5. Schedule 1, item 5 | At the same time as item 1 of Schedule 1 to the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004 commences. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if item 1 of Schedule 1 to the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004 commences before, or at the same time as, the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | Does not commence |
| 6. Schedule 1, item 6 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 3. | 1 January 2005 |
| 7. Schedule 1, item 7 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 4. | Does not commence |
| 8. Schedule 1, item 8 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 5. | Does not commence |
(zzza) The provisions of the Customs Act 1901 which were to have been amended by Schedule 2 (item 1) of the Customs Amendment Act 2004 was repealed by Schedule 1 (item 66) of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Serious Drug Offences and Other Measures) Act 2005 before Schedule 2 (item 1) commenced.
(zzzb) Subsection 2(1) (items 2–6) of the Customs Legislation Amendment (Import Processing Charges) Act 2005 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 2. Schedule 1, item 1 | Immediately after the commencement of item 44
of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2002. | 19 July 2005 |
| 3. Schedule 1, item 2 | Immediately after the commencement of item 19
of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001. | 19 July 2005 |
| 4. Schedule 1, items 3 and 4 | Immediately after the commencement of item 119 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001. | 19 July 2005 |
| 5. Schedule 1, items 5 to 7 | Immediately after the commencement of items 6
to 11 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Legislation Amendment (Application of International Trade Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2004. | 19 July 2005 |
| 6. Schedule 1, item 8 | Immediately after the commencement of item 37
of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001. | 19 July 2005 |
(zzzc) Subsection 2(1) (item 8) of the Customs Legislation Amendment (Border Compliance and Other Measures) Act 2007 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 8. Schedule 7, items 3 and 4 | Immediately after the commencement of item 2 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003. | 4 December 2003 |
(zzzd) Subsection 2(1) (item 4) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2007 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 4. Schedule 1, item 3 | Immediately after the commencement of item 5 of Schedule 1 to the Surveillance Devices Act 2004. | 15 December 2004 |
(zzze) Subsection 2(1) (items 5 and 7) of the Customs Amendment (Enhanced Border Controls and Other Measures) Act 2009 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 5. Schedules 5 to 11 | The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 19 June 2009 |
| 7. Schedule 12, item 2 | Immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 5. | 19 June 2009 |