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This Act may be cited as the Standard Time Act 1895 .
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Tasmania act
Mechanically, this Act fixes Tasmania's standard time at ten hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+10) and declares that any time stated in Acts, proclamations, orders, rules, regulations, by‑laws, deeds or other instruments is to be read as that standard time unless a different time is specifically stated. It defines "Co‑ordinated Universal Time" by reference to the National Measurement Act. This affects Tasmanian residents, businesses, courts and agencies that rely on statutory deadlines, timestamps and timing rules.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Standard Time Act 1895.
This Act may be cited as the Standard Time Act 1895 .
*[Section 2 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ]*This Act shall commence on the first day of September 1895.
[Section 2A Inserted by No. 38 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:01 Sep 2005] In this Act –
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 of the Commonwealth.
[Section 3 Substituted by No. 38 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:01 Sep 2005] Standard time throughout Tasmania is 10 hours in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time.
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.
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This Act may be cited as the Standard Time Act 1895 .
*[Section 2 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ]*This Act shall commence on the first day of September 1895.
[Section 2A Inserted by No. 38 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:01 Sep 2005] In this Act –
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 of the Commonwealth.
[Section 3 Substituted by No. 38 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:01 Sep 2005] Standard time throughout Tasmania is 10 hours in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time.
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.