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Standard Time and Daylight Saving Act 1974 (NI)

Act No. 5 of 1974
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This is an Act of the previous Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly that was continued in force under s16 and 16A of the Norfolk Island Act 1979.
Administered by: Infrastructure and Regional Development
Registered 15 Dec 2015
Date of repeal 04 Oct 2015
Repealed by Norfolk Island Continued Laws Amendment Ordinance 2015

 

 

NORFOLK                            ISLAND

 

 

STANDARD TIME AND DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 1974

 

[Consolidated as at 10 September 2008

on the authority of the Administrator

and in accordance with

the Enactments Reprinting Act 1980]

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS

 

 

      1.         Short title

      2.         Repeal

      3.         Definitions

      4.         Standard time

5.                  Summer time

6.                  Construction of instruments, etc

 

 

 

 


 

NORFOLK                            ISLAND

 

 

Standard Time and Daylight Saving Act 1974

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An Act relating to Standard Time and to Legal Time during a Daylight Saving Period

 

Short title

      1.         This Act may be cited as the Standard Time and Daylight Saving Act 1974.

Repeal

      2.         The Standard Time and Daylight Saving Act 1971 is repealed.

Definitions

3.                  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears ¾

            “the daylight saving period” means the period commencing at the hour of 2 o’clock in the morning by the mean time of the prescribed meridian on Sunday 27 October 1974 and ending at the hour of 2 o’clock in the morning by the mean time of the prescribed meridian on Sunday  2 March 1975;

 “the prescribed meridian” means the meridian of longitude 172 ° 30¢ 00¢¢ east of Greenwich, England.

Standard time

      4.         The mean time of the prescribed meridian is declared to be standard time throughout Norfolk Island.

Summer time

5.         The time which is one hour in advance of the mean time of the prescribed meridian is declared to be legal time throughout Norfolk Island during the daylight saving period.

Construction of instruments, etc

6.         Where ¾

(a)        an expression of time occurs in an Act, Act of the State of New South Wales in its application in Norfolk Island, 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 ¾

(c)                with respect to the daylight saving period – by reference to legal time declared by section 5; and

(d)               with respect to any other period – by reference to standard time declared by section 4.

 

 

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NOTES

The Standard Time and Daylight Saving Act 1974 as shown in this consolidation comprises Act No. 5 of 1974 and amendments as indicated in the Tables below.

Enactment

Number and year

Date of commencement

Application saving or transitional provision

Standard Time and Daylight Saving Act 1974

5, 1974

4.10.1974

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard Time and Daylight Saving Act (No. 2) 1974

6, 1974

19.12.1974

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Table of Amendments

 

ad =    added or inserted

am = amended

rep = repealed

rs =      repealed and substituted

Provisions affected

     How affected

3

am

6, 1974

 

© Norfolk Island Government 2008

The Copyright Act 1968 of the Commonwealth of Australia permits certain reproduction and publication of this legislation. For reproduction or publication beyond that permitted by the Act, written permission must be sought from the Legislative Counsel, Administration of Norfolk Island, Norfolk Island, South Pacific 2899.

 

NB – since 1975 there has been no daylight saving in Norfolk Island.