1   Name of Act and commencement

(1)  This Act may be cited as the Geographical Names Act 1966.

(2)  Except as provided in subsection (3), this Act shall commence upon a day to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.

(3)  For the purposes only of the appointment or nomination of members of the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, the provisions of this Act relating to their appointment and nomination shall commence upon the day upon which Her Majesty’s Assent to this Act is signified and those members shall assume office upon the day appointed and notified under subsection (2).