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TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1989 No. 23 of 1990 - SECT 2

2. (1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.

(2) The amendment of the Australian Airlines (Conversion to Public Company) 
Act 1988 made by this Act is to be taken to have commenced on the day on which
that first-mentioned Act received the Royal Assent.

(3) The amendment of the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act 1988 made by
this Act is to be taken to have commenced on the day on which that
first-mentioned Act received the Royal Assent.

(4) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), the following amendments of the
Navigation Act 1912 made by this Act commence on a day or days to be fixed by
Proclamation:

   (a)  the amendments of sections 138, 138B and 424;

   (b)  the repeal of Part IX.

(5) If an amendment referred to in paragraph (4) (a) does not commence under
subsection (4) within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which
this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the
end of that period.

(6) If the commencement of the amendment referred to in paragraph (4) (b) is
not fixed by Proclamation published in the Gazette within the period of 6
months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, the
amendment is repealed on the first day after the end of that period.

(7) The amendments of the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from
Ships) Act 1983 made by this Act commence immediately after the commencement
of Part IIIC of that Act.

(8) The amendments of sections 56 and 57 of the Telecommunications Act 1989
made by this Act are to be taken to have commenced immediately after the
commencement of those sections.

(9) The amendments of the Telecommunications and Postal Services 
(Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1989 made by this
Act are to be taken to have commenced on the day on which that first-mentioned
Act received the Royal Assent.