17 Citation and commencement.U.K.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Australia Act 1986.
(2)This Act shall come into force on such day and at such time as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Power of appointment conferred by s. 17(2) fully exercised: five o'clock, Greenwich mean time, in the morning on 3.3.1986 appointed for the coming into force of the Act by S.I. 1986/319, art. 2