Modern Slavery Commencement Proclamation 2018

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2018, fix 1 January 2019 as the day on which sections 3 to 10 and Parts 2 to 4 of that Act commence.

Signed and Sealed with the

Great Seal of Australia on

 13 December 2018

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Linda Reynolds

Assistant Minister for Home Affairs
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Home Affairs