Australian Capital Territory
Standard Time and Summer Time
Act 1972
A1972-34
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Republication date: 9 July 2008
Last amendment made by A2008-24
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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.
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Editorial changes
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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).
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amendment, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the
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Penalties
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is—
(a) if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
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Australian Capital Territory
Standard Time and Summer Time
Act 1972
Contents
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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
Dictionary 4
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 5
Contents
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2 Abbreviation key 5
3 Legislation history 6
4 Amendment history 7
5 Earlier republications 8
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Australian Capital Territory
Standard Time and Summer Time
Act 1972
An Act relating to standard time and summer time
Section 1
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1 Name of Act
This Act is the Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972.
2 Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this Act is part of this Act.
Note 1 The dictionary at the end of this Act defines certain terms used in this
Act.
Note 2 A 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)).
3 Notes
A note included in this Act is explanatory and is not part of this Act.
Note See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of
notes.
4 Standard time
Standard time in the ACT is 10 hours in advance of coordinated
universal time.
5 Summer time
During a summer time period, summer time in the ACT is 1 hour in
advance of ACT standard time.
6 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.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
Section 7
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7 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
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Dictionary
(see s 2)
Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to
this Act.
Note 2 For 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
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Endnotes
1 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.
2 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
Endnotes
3 Legislation history
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3 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 1972
as amended by
Standard Time and Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance 1982
Ord1982-4
notified 4 March 1982 (Cwlth Gaz 1982 No S38)
commenced 4 March 1982
Standard Time and Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance 1986
Ord1986-1
notified 27 February 1986 (Cwlth Gaz 1986 No S72)
commenced 27 February 1986
Standard Time and Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance (No 2)
1986 Ord1986-59
notified 10 October 1986 (Cwlth Gaz 1986 No S512)
commenced 10 October 1986
Endnotes
Amendment history 4
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Legislation 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 1993
Legislation (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)
4 Amendment history
Dictionary
s 2 om A2001-44 amdt 1.3915
ins A2005-43 amdt 1.33
Notes
s 3 sub 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 4 sub A2005-43 amdt 1.33
Summer time
s 5 sub A2005-43 amdt 1.33
Endnotes
5 Earlier republications
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Declaration of daylight saving period
s 5A ins Ord1986-59 s 4
sub A2001-44 amdt 1.3916
om A2005-43 amdt 1.33
Declaration of summer time period
s 6 am A2001-44 amdt 1.3917, amdt 1.3918
sub A2005-43 amdt 1.33
Meaning of references to time etc
s 7 ins Ord1982-4 s 2
sub Ord1986-1 s 4
om Ord1986-59 s 5
ins A2005-43 amdt 1.33
Dictionary
dict ins 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
5 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