

1998-99
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1999
No. , 1999
(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 , and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999 .
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) If Schedule 2 to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 1996 commences on or after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, then the amendments made by Schedule 1 to this Act commence immediately after the commencement of Schedule 2 to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 1996 .
3 Schedule(s)
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.