Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Financial Management Act 2004.

(2) This Act commences on –

(a) 1st January 2005, unless a notice is published under subsection (3); or

(b) 1st January in a later year specified in a notice under subsection (4).

(3) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette before 1st January 2005, defer the commencement of this Act.

(4) If a notice is published under subsection (3), the Minister may, by that notice or another notice published in the Gazette, appoint 1st January in a later year as the date of commencement of this Act.

(5) Despite the above provisions of this section, this Part, section 84 and Schedule 3 commence on the date on which this Act is published in the Gazette.

(Financial Management Act 2004 s(1))