(1) This Act comes into force on the date on which it receives the Royal assent, except as provided in this section.
(2) Section 284 is treated as coming into force on 1 April 1995.
(3) Sections 286 and 287 are treated as coming into force on 1 April 1997.
(4) Sections 241(1) and (3) and 269(1) are treated as coming into force on 1 April 1999.
(5) Sections 281 and 282(3) are treated as coming into force on 1 April 2001.
(6) Section 273(2), (4), and (5) are treated as coming into force on 24 October 2001.
(7) Section 285 is treated as coming into force on 1 April 2002.
(8) Section 269(3) is treated as coming into force on 1 April 2003.
(9) Section 133(1) is treated as coming into force on 4 June 2004.
(10) Section 288(3) is treated as coming into force on 16 November 2004.
(11) Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 35, 39, 40, 41, 54, 55, 56, 76, 77, 79, 102, 128, 154, 165, 167, 182(25), (28), (33), and (55), 185(2), 230(1) and (2), and 272(1) are treated as coming into force on 1 April 2005.
(12) Section 129(1) is treated as coming into force on 1 July 2005.
(13) Sections 176 and 177 are treated as coming into force on 1 April 2006.
(14) Sections 130, 182(44), and 185(1) are treated as coming into force on 1 December 2006.
(15) Sections 4, 16, 26, 27, 31, 32, 38, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 100, 104, 131, 132, 135(2), 136, 138, 140, 153, 178, 179(1) and (3), 181, 182(5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (18), (19), (20), (22), (24), (27), (29), (30), (43), (45), (46), (47), (48)(a) and (b), (49), (50), (51), (52), (53), (54), and (56), 184, 189(2) and (5), 192, 193(1), 194(1), 202, 210, 224(1) and (4), 227(1), 228(1) and (3), 231(1), 252(2), 262(1), 295, 299, 300, 302, 304, and 305 are treated as coming into force on 1 April 2007.
(18) Sections 5, 12, 28, 29, 30, 34, 75, 98, 99, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 134, 135(1), 139, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164(2), 166(2), 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 179(2), 180, 182(2), (4), (23), (31), (35), (36), (37), (38), (39), (40), (41), and (42), 186, 190, 195, 196(1), (2), and (4), 207(2), (5), (6), (8), and (9), 208(1), 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, and 279(1) are treated as coming into force on 1 October 2007.
(19) Section 275 is treated as coming into force on 30 November 2007.
(20) Sections 191, 193(2) and (3), 194(2) and (3), 196(3) and (5), 201, 203(2), 204(1), 205, 206(2) and (3), 207(1), (3), (4), (7), and (10), 208(2), 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 222, 223, 224(2), (3), and (5), 227(2), 228(2), 231(2) to (4), 241(2), 242, 243, 244, 250(1) to (3), 251, 252(1), (3), and (4), 253, 254, 255, 257, 259, 260, 261, 262(2), 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 269(2) and (4), 272(2), 278, 279(2), 290, 294, 307 to 318, 321 to 328, 330 to 342, 344 to 437, 438(1), 439 to 538, 540 to 549, 550(2) to (41) and (43) to (68), 551 to 553, 554(1) and (2), and 555 to 562 come into force on 1 April 2008.
(21) Sections 14, 15, 21, 36, 37, 137, 182(32), 183, 197(1) to (3), 198, 303, 319, 320, 329, 343, 438(2), 539, 550(42), and 554(3) come into force on 1 July 2008.
(22) Sections 220(1), 293, 297, and 298 come into force on the earlier of the following:
(23) Section 229 comes into force on the earlier of the following: