Standard Time Act 1895 (WA)

Western Australia

Standard Time Act 1895

This Act was repealed by the Standard Time Act 2005 s. 6 (No. 21 of 2005) as at 16 Nov 2005 (see s. 2).

Western Australia

Standard Time Act 1895 Contents

Western Australia

Standard Time Act 1895

Standard Time Act 1895

An Act to establish a standard of time in Western Australia.

Preamble

Whereas it is expedient to establish a standard of time in Western Australia, and to declare the mean time of the 120th meridian of longitude East of Greenwich, in England, to be such standard time throughout Western Australia: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows (that is to say): — 

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the Standard Time Act 1895.

[Section 1 inserted by No. 74 of 2003 s. 151.]

2.Commencement

This Act shall commence and take effect on and from 1 December 1895.

3.The time of the 120th meridian to be standard time

The mean time of the 120th meridian of longitude East of Greenwich, in England, shall be deemed, and is hereby declared to be standard time throughout Western Australia.

4.Times mentioned in Acts, rules, or instruments to mean standard time

Whenever any expression of time occurs in any Act, Order in Council, rule, regulation, local law or by‑law, or deed, or in any instrument whatsoever, and whenever the doing or not doing anything at a certain time of day or night, or during a certain part of the day or the night, has an effect in law, such time shall, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, be held to be standard time throughout Western Australia, as declared by this Act.

[Section 4 amended by No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]

Notes

1         This is a compilation of the Standard Time Act 1895 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table.   The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
The Standard Time Act 1895 2	59 Vict., No. 2	17 Jul 1895	1 Dec 1895 (see s. 2)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4	14 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)
Reprint 1: The Standard Time Act 1895 as at 12 Sep 2003 (includes amendments listed above)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 151	74 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
This Act was repealed by the Standard Time Act 2005 s. 6 (No. 21 of 2005) as at 16 Nov 2005 (see s. 2)

2         Now known as the Standard Time Act  1895; short title changed (see note under s. 1).