Proclamation re commencement (2006-445) (NSW)

2006 No 445

New South Wales

Proclamation

under the

Motor Accidents Compensation Amendment Act 2006 No 17

MARIE BASHIR, Governor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Amendment Act 2006, do, by this my Proclamation:

(a)

appoint 18 August 2006 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:

(i)	Schedule 1 [26]–[30] and [32],
(ii)	Schedule 1 [31] (except to the extent to which that item inserts sections 214A–214C into the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999), and

(b)

appoint 1 October 2006 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:

(i)	section 4,
(ii)	Schedule 1 [1]–[6], [8]–[11], [13]–[21], [23]–[25] and [33],

(iii)	Schedule 1 [7] (except to the extent to which that item inserts Division 1 of Part 1.2 into Chapter 1 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999),
(iv)	Schedule 1 [31] (to the extent to which that item inserts sections 214A–214C into the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999),
(v)	Schedule 2.

Published in Gazette No 103 of 18 August 2006, page 6236

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2006 No 445

2006 No 445

Proclamation
Explanatory note

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 16th day of August 2006.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

JOHN DELLA BOSCA, M.L.C.,
Minister for Commerce

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence all of the uncommenced amendments effected by the Motor Accidents Compensation Amendment Act 2006, other than Schedule 1 [7] in relation to proposed Division 1 of Part 1.2 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (recovery for blameless accidents) and Schedule 1 [12] in relation to proposed section 23A of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (limiting an insurer’s liability for single incidents). The amendments are to commence on 1 October 2006, with the exception of those concerning certain estimates and determinations (which need to commence in anticipation of the commencement of the other amendments) that are to commence on 18 August 2006.

BY AUTHORITY