Australian Capital Territory

standard time and summer time
act 1972
This consolidation has been prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
Reprinted as at 31 August 1993
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
	1.	Short title
	2.	Repeal
	3.	Interpretation
	4.	Standard time
	5.	Summer time
	5A.	Declaration of daylight saving priod
	6.	Construction of instruments etc.

An Act  relating to Standard Time and Summer Time
Short title 
1.  This Act may be cited as the Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972.1
Repeal
2.  The Standard Time and Summer Time Ordinance 1971 is repealed.
Interpretation
3.  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
“daylight saving period” means a period in respect of which a declaration of the Minister under section 5A is in force;
“summer time” means the time that is declared to be legal time during a daylight saving period by section 5 of this Act;
Standard time
4.  The mean time of the one hundred and fiftieth meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, England, is declared to be standard time throughout the Territory.
Summer time
5.  The time that is one hour in advance of the mean time of the one hundred and fiftieth meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, England, is declared to be legal time throughout the Territory during each daylight saving period.
Declaration of daylight saving period
5A.  The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare a period to be a daylight saving period for the purposes of this Act.
Construction of instruments etc.
6.  Where—
	(a)	an expression of time occurs in an Act, Act of the State of New South Wales in its application to the Territory, regulation, by-law, rule, notice or order or in a contract or agreement (whether made orally or in writing) or in a deed or other instrument; or
	(b)	the doing or refraining from doing anything at, before or after a certain time has an effect in law,
that time shall, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, be determined—
	(c)	with respect to each daylight saving period—by reference to summer time; and
	(d)	with respect to any other period—by reference to standard time declared by section 4 of this Act.

NOTE
1.	The Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 34, 1972 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
	Citation of Laws—The Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989  (No. 21, 1989) altered the citation of most Ordinances so that after Self-Government day they are to be cited as Acts.  That Act also affects references in ACT laws to Commonwealth Acts.
Table 1
Table of Ordinances
Ordinance	Number  
and year	Date of 
notification 
in Gazette	Date of 
commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Standard Time and Summer Time Ordinance1972	34, 1972	23 Oct 1972	23 Oct 1972		
Standard Time and Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance 1982	4, 1982	4 Mar 1982	4 Mar 1982	—	
Standard Time and Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance 1986	1, 1986	27 Feb 1986	27 Feb 1986	—	
Standard Time and Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 2) 1986
	59, 1986	10 Oct 1986	10 Oct 1986	—	
Self-Government day 11 May 1989
Table 2
Table of Acts
Act	Number  
and year	Date of 
notification 
in Gazette	Date of 
commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993
	1, 1993	1 Mar 1993	1 Mar 1993	—	

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended     rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision	How affected

S. 3	am. Nos. 1 and 59, 1986; Act No. 1, 1993
S. 5A	ad. No. 59, 1986

S. 7	ad. No. 4, 1982
	rs. No. 1, 1986
	rep. No. 59, 1986