New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 2

2 Commencement

(1) This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation, subject to subsection (2).

(2) The day appointed for the commencement of clause 2 of Schedule 3 is to be a day that is at least 3 months before the day appointed for the commencement of clause 3 of that Schedule.

Note : Clause 2 of Schedule 3 provides for an amnesty period, before the application of the Act to existing fine defaulters under clause 3 of that Schedule, during which action to commit existing fine defaulters to prison is suspended.