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The Federal bill I was most recently looking at didn't require a separate proclamation to enter into force - there were three commencement provisions, two based

• skissane 3y ago
  That’s a tax law-tax law is a bit different. In tax law, it is considered important to have clear start dates decided by Parliament - because both taxpayers and the tax office need certainty, and the budget depends on revenue projections which depend on a clear start date for each tax law change. So yes, tax law is an area in which the government is most likely to advise the GG to not assent if serious technical drafting errors are only discovered after passage by Parliament. In other areas of law, where certainty on start dates is less crucial, setting a start date by proclamation is much more common