Section 1

This Act shall come into force in a State on such date as the

State Authority may, after consultation with the Minister, appoint in relation to that State by a notification in the Gazette and the State

Authority may, after consultation with the Minister, appoint different dates for the coming into force of different provision of this Act and may bring all or any of the provisions thereof into force either in the whole State or in such part or parts of the State as may be specified in the notification.

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Notwithstanding subsection (2), in relation to the Federal

Territory, this Act shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

The State Authority may, notwithstanding subsection (2), by notification in the Gazette exempt any area within any local authority area from all or any of the provisions of the Act or from any by-laws.

Where in any notification made under subsection (2) it is specified that part or parts of this Act shall come into operation, the

State Authority may specify in the same notification the provisions of any of those laws referred to in section 166 which shall be repealed.

Interpretation