{"id":"tas:act-1895-004","name":"Standard Time Act 1895","slug":"standard-time-act-1895","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"4 of 1895","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":110822,"registerId":"tas-act-1895-004-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### 1 Short title\n\n> This Act may be cited as the [Standard Time Act 1895](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1895-004) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> *\\[Section 2 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 \\]*This Act shall commence on the first day of September 1895.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation","content":"### 2A Interpretation\n\n> [*\\[Section 2A Inserted by No. 38 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:01 Sep 2005\\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-09-01/act-2005-038#GS4@EN) In this Act –\n> \n> > ***Co-ordinated Universal Time*** means Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) as determined by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and maintained under section 8AA of the [National Measurement Act 1960](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1960-999) of the Commonwealth.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standard time throughout Tasmania","content":"### 3 Standard time throughout Tasmania\n\n> [*\\[Section 3 Substituted by No. 38 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:01 Sep 2005\\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-09-01/act-2005-038#GS4@EN) Standard time throughout Tasmania is 10 hours in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"The time mentioned in Acts, rules, or instruments to mean standard time","content":"### 4 The time mentioned in Acts, rules, or instruments to mean standard time\n\n> Whenever any expression of time occurs in any Act, proclamation, order, rule, regulation, 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 Tasmania, as declared by this Act.","sortOrder":4}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act appears to have remained true to its original purpose of establishing a standard time reference for Tasmania. Amendments noted in the table of amending instruments have not materially altered its core function, which remains the same as when it was enacted in 1895."},"complexity_factors":["The Act is over 130 years old and deals with a single, narrow subject matter — standard time","Very limited substantive content available in the provided text, suggesting the Act itself is brief","Interaction with Commonwealth legislation on daylight saving adds a minor layer of complexity","Historical legal language from 1895 may require some interpretation, though the subject matter is straightforward"],"plain_english_summary":"## Standard Time Act 1895 (Tasmania)\n\nThis is one of Tasmania's oldest surviving pieces of legislation. In plain terms, it **establishes what the official time is in Tasmania** — setting a standard clock time that everyone in the state must use.\n\n### What does it actually do?\n- It sets **Tasmania's official time zone**, which is based on a fixed offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, the world's standard clock reference).\n- It provides a legal reference point so that courts, contracts, government, and everyday life all operate on the same agreed time.\n\n### Who does it affect?\nEveryone in Tasmania — if you've ever caught a bus, signed a contract, appeared in court, or clocked into work, this law (along with related federal laws) underpins what 'the time' legally means in that context.\n\n### Why does it matter?\nWithout a standard time law, there would be no legal certainty about *when* things happen — which matters enormously for contracts, court deadlines, business transactions, and public services.\n\n### Important context\nNote that **daylight saving time** in Tasmania is now primarily governed by federal (Commonwealth) legislation, so this Act operates alongside national frameworks.\n\n> **Bottom line:** This is a very old, very short law that does one simple but essential job — it tells everyone in Tasmania what time it officially is."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The metadata is internally inconsistent: a file last touched in 2019 cannot self-evidently be confirmed as current in 2026 without some verification mechanism being disclosed. This is an administrative absurdity rather than a legislative one, but it affects the reliability of the version presented.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The Act states it is 'current from 1 September 2005 to date (accessed 3 April 2026 at 15:29)' but also states 'File last modified 30 October 2019'. If the file was last modified in 2019, the claim that it is current 'to date' as of 2026 is procedurally unfounded without any substantive amendment being visible."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Whole Act","severity":"high","reasoning":"A law that defines no rights, duties, standards, or obligations is logically incapable of being complied with or enforced. If this represents the complete consolidated version, the Act is effectively a legal nullity — its title promises a standard but no standard is stated.","confidence":0.75,"description":"An 1895 Act purports to define 'standard time' for Tasmania, yet no substantive operative provisions are reproduced in this version. The Act consists entirely of metadata, status information, and navigational headers with zero normative content visible. An Act with no operative text cannot perform any legal function."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version (repeated)","severity":"low","reasoning":"While this appears to be a rendering/formatting artefact of the web publication system rather than a drafting error in the Act itself, a consolidated version of legislation that repeats its own metadata sections wholesale introduces unnecessary ambiguity about document integrity.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The identical currency statement ('Version current from 1 September 2005 to date (accessed 3 April 2026 at 15:29)') and associated headings are duplicated verbatim multiple times throughout the document. Statutory instruments with duplicated operative language risk creating interpretive uncertainty about which instance is authoritative."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version: 'Version current from 1 September 2005 to date (accessed 3 April 2026 at 15:29)'","section_b":"Status Information - Authorisation: 'File last modified 30 October 2019'","confidence":0.7,"description":"The version is claimed to be current as of 3 April 2026, implying ongoing authoritative maintenance, yet the underlying file was last modified on 30 October 2019 — over six years earlier. These two representations are in tension: either the file has been updated (in which case the modification date is wrong) or it has not been updated (in which case the 'current to date' claim is misleading)."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: establishing and maintaining a single standard time for Tasmania. The 2005 amendment modernised the mechanism (switching from a GMT-based definition to UTC and referencing the National Measurement Act) but did not expand the scope beyond time standardisation."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 substantive sections","Single defined term ('Co-ordinated Universal Time')","No cross-references to other legislation except the definition's reference to the National Measurement Act 1960","Straightforward declaratory language with minimal conditional logic","One simple exception ('unless it is otherwise specifically stated' in section 4)"],"plain_english_summary":"This law sets the official time for Tasmania. It establishes that Tasmania's standard time is 10 hours ahead of Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) — the global time standard maintained by international scientific bodies. The law also makes sure that whenever any Tasmanian law, government document, or legal agreement mentions a time, it automatically means this official Tasmanian time unless the document specifically says otherwise. This prevents confusion about what time legally applies when deadlines, opening hours, or other time-sensitive matters are specified."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/standard-time-act-1895","history":"/api/acts/standard-time-act-1895/history","analysis":"/api/acts/standard-time-act-1895/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/standard-time-act-1895/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/standard-time-act-1895/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/standard-time-act-1895/documents"}}