4Definitions

4 Definitions

In this Ordinance:

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.

daylight saving period means:

(a) a period starting at 2 am on the first Sunday in October in each 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 4A of this Ordinance—that period.

daylight saving time means the time prescribed by section 7 of this Ordinance.

legal instrument means any of the following:

(a) an enactment;
(b) a law made under an enactment;
(c) a contract or agreement (whether made orally or in writing);
(d) a deed or other instrument having legal effect.

standard time means the time prescribed by section 6 of this Ordinance.