Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 (ACT)
Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
A1972-34
Republication No 5
Effective: 9 July 2008
Republication date: 9 July 2008
Last amendment made by A2008‑24
Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 9 July 2008. It also includes any amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 9 July 2008.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.
Kinds of republications
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unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—
(a)if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
(b)if the person charged is a corporation—$500.
Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
Contents
Page
1 Name of Act 2
2 Dictionary 2
3 Notes 2
4 Standard time 2
5 Summer time 2
6 Declaration of summer time period 2
7 Meaning of references to time etc 3
Dictionary4
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 5
2 Abbreviation key 5
3 Legislation history 6
4 Amendment history 7
5 Earlier republications 8
Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
An Act relating to standard time and summer time
Name of Act
This Act is the Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972.
Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this Act is part of this Act.
Note 1The dictionary at the end of this Act defines certain terms used in this Act.
Note 2A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire Act unless the definition, or another provision of the Act, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).
Notes
A note included in this Act is explanatory and is not part of this Act.
NoteSee the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
Standard time
Standard time in the ACT is 10 hours in advance of coordinated universal time.
Summer time
During a summer time period, summer time in the ACT is 1 hour in advance of ACT standard time.
Declaration of summer time period
(1)The Minister may, in writing, declare a period to be a summer time period for this Act.
(2)A declaration is a notifiable instrument.
NoteA notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
Meaning of references to time etc
(1)This section applies if—
(a)a legal instrument refers (expressly or impliedly) to a time; or
(b)the doing or failure to do anything at, before or after a time has an effect in law.
(2)The time must be worked out using—
(a)ACT standard time; or
(b)if the time is in relation to a summer time period—ACT summer time.
(3)However, subsection (2) does not apply to a reference in a legal instrument if the legal instrument or another legal instrument expressly, or by a manifest contrary intention, provides for the reference to have another meaning.
(4)Also, subsection (2) (b) does not affect—
(a)the use of ACT standard time for the purposes of astronomy, meteorology or navigation, or
(b)the meaning of a reference in a document to a time in relation to any of those purposes.
(5)To remove any doubt, a reference in this section to a time includes a reference to a period of time.
(6)This section applies to a legal instrument even though the instrument was made before the commencement of this section.
Dictionary
(see s 2)
Note 1The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.
Note 2For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
· Act
· ACT
· instrument
· statutory instrument
· writing.
ACT standard time means standard time as fixed by section 4.
ACT summer time means summer time as fixed by section 5.
coordinated universal time means Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) as determined by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and maintained under the National Measurement Act 1960 (Cwlth), section 8AA.
legal instrument means—
(a)an Act or statutory instrument; or
(b)a contract or agreement (whether oral or in writing or both); or
(c)a deed or other instrument having legal effect.
summer time period means—
(a)a period starting at 2 am on the first Sunday in October in a year and ending at 2 am on the first Sunday in the following April; or
(b)if the Minister declares a different period under section 6—that period.
Endnotes
About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history. These details are underlined. Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
Abbreviation key
am = amended ord = ordinance amdt = amendment orig = original ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph def = definition pres = present dict = dictionary prev = previous disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative (prev...) = previously Assembly pt = part div = division r = rule/subrule exp = expires/expired renum = renumbered Gaz = gazette reloc = relocated hdg = heading R[X] = Republication No IA = Interpretation Act 1967 RI = reissue ins = inserted/added s = section/subsection LA = Legislation Act 2001 sch = schedule LR = legislation register sdiv = subdivision LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 sub = substituted mod = modified/modification SL = Subordinate Law o = order underlining = whole or part not commenced om = omitted/repealed or to be expired
Legislation history
This Act was originally a Commonwealth ordinance—the Standard Time and Summer Time Ordinance 1972 A1972-34 (Cwlth).
The Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth), s 34 (4) converted most former Commonwealth ordinances in force in the ACT into ACT enactments. This allowed the ACT Legislative Assembly to amend and repeal the laws. This Act was converted into an ACT enactment on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).
As with most ordinances in force in the ACT, the name was changed from Ordinance to Act by the Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989 A1989‑21, s 5 on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).
Before 11 May 1989, ordinances commenced on their notification day unless otherwise stated (see Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cwlth), s 12).
After 11 May 1989 and before 10 November 1999, Acts commenced on their notification day unless otherwise stated (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) s 25).
Legislation before becoming Territory enactment
Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 A1972‑34
notified 23 October 1972 (Cwlth Gaz 1972 No 99)
commenced 23 October 1972as amended by
Standard Time and Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance 1982 Ord1982‑4
notified 4 March 1982 (Cwlth Gaz 1982 No S38)
commenced 4 March 1982Standard Time and Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance 1986 Ord1986‑1
notified 27 February 1986 (Cwlth Gaz 1986 No S72)
commenced 27 February 1986Standard Time and Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance (No 2) 1986 Ord1986‑59
notified 10 October 1986 (Cwlth Gaz 1986 No S512)
commenced 10 October 1986Legislation after becoming Territory enactment
Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 A1993‑1 sch 1
notified 1 March 1993 (Gaz 1993 No S23)
commenced 1 March 1993Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 A2001‑44 pt 368
notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)
pt 368 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001 No S65)Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2005 (No 3) A2005-43 sch 1 pt 1.12
notified LR 30 August 2005
s 1, s 2 commenced 30 August 2005 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.12 commenced 1 September 2005 (s 2 (2))Standard Time and Summer Time Amendment Act 2008 A2008-24
notified LR 8 July 2008
s 1, s 2 commenced 8 July 2008 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 9 July 2008 (s 2)Amendment history
Dictionary
s 2om A2001‑44 amdt 1.3915
ins A2005‑43 amdt 1.33
Notes
s 3sub A2005‑43 amdt 1.33
def daylight saving period am Ord1986‑1 s 3
sub Ord1986‑59 s 3
om A2005‑43 amdt 1.33
def summer time period am A2008‑24 s 4
def the Territory om A1993‑1 sch 1
def year om Ord1986‑1 s 3
Standard time
s 4sub A2005‑43 amdt 1.33
Summer time
s 5sub A2005‑43 amdt 1.33
Declaration of daylight saving period
s 5Ains Ord1986‑59 s 4
sub A2001‑44 amdt 1.3916
om A2005‑43 amdt 1.33
Declaration of summer time period
s 6am A2001‑44 amdt 1.3917, amdt 1.3918
sub A2005‑43 amdt 1.33
Meaning of references to time etc
s 7ins Ord1982‑4 s 2
sub Ord1986‑1 s 4
om Ord1986‑59 s 5
ins A2005‑43 amdt 1.33
Dictionary
dictins A2005‑43 amdt 1.34
def ACT standard time ins A2005‑43 amdt 1.34
def ACT summer time ins A2005‑43 amdt 1.34
def coordinated universal time ins A2005‑43 amdt 1.34
def legal instrument ins A2005‑43 amdt 1.34
def summer time period ins A2005‑43 amdt 1.34
am A2008‑24 s 4
Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.
Republication No Amendments to Republication date 1 Ord1986‑59 30 June 1991 2 A1993‑1 31 August 1993 3 (RI) A2001‑44 29 July 2002 4 A2005‑43 1 September 2005
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