AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

STANDARD TIME AND SUMMER TIME ORDINANCE 1972

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 34 of 1972

	In July of this year a Commonwealth/State conference passed resolutions recommending that daylight saving be continued on a permanent basis.

	The proposed Standard Time and Summer Time Ordinance 1972 will give effect to the recommendation by establishing daylight saving in the Australian Capital Territory from 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October to 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in March of each following year.  The daylight saved will be one hour per day.