(1) This Act comes into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council.
(2) Despite subsection (1), if the date appointed under that subsection is prior to the commencement of section 4A of the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995, section 50 comes into force on that commencement.
Section 2(1): Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 brought into force, on 1 September 2004, by the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act Commencement Order 2004 (SR 2004/147).