Australian Capital Territory
Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972     No 34
Republication No 3 (RI)
Effective:  12 September 2001 - 31 August 2005
Republication date: 29 July 2002
Reissued: 27 August 2003 for textual correction in s 4 and s 5
Last amendment made by A2001-44

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office

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 29 July 2002.  It also includes any amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 12 September 2001.  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
•	authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
•	unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made 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 includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—
	(a)	if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
	(b)	if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

Australian Capital Territory
Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972

Contents
	Page

	1	Name of Act	2
	3	Definitions for Act	2
	4	Standard time	2
	5	Summer time	2
	5A	Declaration of daylight saving period	2
	6	Construction of instruments etc	3
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	4
	2	Abbreviation key	4
	3	Legislation history	5
	4	Amendment history	6
	5	Earlier republications	7

Australian Capital Territory
Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972

An Act relating to standard time and summer time

    

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972.
3	Definitions for Act
In this Act:
Note	A definition applies except so far as the contrary intention appears (see Legislation Act 2001, s 155).
daylight saving period means a period in relation to 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.
4	Standard time
The mean time of the 150th meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, England, is declared to be standard time throughout the ACT.
5	Summer time
The time that is 1 hour in advance of the mean time of the 150th meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, England, is declared to be legal time throughout the ACT during each daylight saving period.
5A	Declaration of daylight saving period
	(1) 	The Minister may, in writing, declare a period to be a daylight saving period for this Act.
	(2) 	A declaration is a notifiable instrument.
Note 	A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act 2001.
6	Construction of instruments etc
If—
	(a)	an expression of time occurs in an Act 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)	in relation to each daylight saving period—by reference to summer time; and
	(d)	in relation to any other period—by reference to standard time declared by section 4.
Note 	A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including regulations (see Legislation Act 2001, s 104).

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.
If the republished law includes penalties, current information about penalty unit values appears on the republication inside front cover.
2	Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance	
amdt = amendment	orig = original	
ch = chapter	p = page	
cl = clause	par = paragraph	
def = definition	pres = present	
dict = dictionary	prev = previous	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	(prev...) = previously	
Assembly	prov = provision	
div = division	pt = part	
exp = expires/expired	r = rule/subrule	
Gaz = Gazette	reg = regulation/subregulation	
hdg = heading	renum = renumbered	
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	reloc = relocated	
ins = inserted/added	R[X] = Republication No	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	RI = reissue	
LR = legislation register	s = section/subsection	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sch = schedule	
mod = modified / modification	sdiv = subdivision	
No = number	sub = substituted	
num = numbered	SL = Subordinate Law	
o = order	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
om = omitted/repealed	or to be expired	
3	Legislation history
This Act was originally a Commonwealth ordinance—the Standard Time and Summer Time Ordinance 1972 No 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 No 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 No 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 No 4
notified 4 March 1982 (Cwlth Gaz 1982 No S38)
commenced 4 March 1982
Standard Time and Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance 1986 No 1
notified 27 February 1986 (Cwlth Gaz 1986 No S72)
commenced 27 February 1986
Standard Time and Summer Time (Amendment) Ordinance (No 2) 1986 No 59
notified 10 October 1986 (Cwlth Gaz 1986 No S512)
commenced 10 October 1986
	Legislation after becoming Territory enactment
Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 No 1 sch 1
notified 1 March 1993 (Gaz 1993 No S23)
commenced 1 March 1993
Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 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)
4	Amendment history
Repeal
s 2	om 2001 No 44 amdt 1.3915
Definitions for Act
s 3	def daylight saving period am 1986 No 1 s 3
	sub 1986 No 59 s 3
	def the Territory om 1993 No 1 sch 1
	def year om 1986 No 1 s 3
Declaration of daylight saving period
s 5A	ins 1986 No 59 s 4
	sub 2001 No 44 amdt 1.3916
Construction of instruments etc
s 6	am 2001 No 44 amdt 1.3917, amdt 1.3918
Extended daylight saving period for 1986
s 7	ins 1982 No 4 s 2
	sub 1986 No 1 s 4
	om 1986 No 59 s 5

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.  Except for the footer, electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical. 

Republication No	Amendments to	Republication date	
1	ord 1986 No 59	30 June 1991	
2	Act 1993 No 1	31 August 1993	
3	A2001-44	29 July 2002	

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