The Standard Time Act 1895

Reprint 1: The Act as at 12 September 2003


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Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as

at 12 September 2003

The Standard Time Act 1895

CONTENTS

1.Short title1

2.Commencement1

3.The time of the 120th meridian to be standard time1

4.Times mentioned in Acts, rules, or instruments to mean standard time2

Notes

Compilation table3

 

 

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Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as

at 12 September 2003

The Standard Time Act 1895

An Act to establish a standard of time in Western Australia.

Preamble

Whereas it is expedient to establish a standard of time in Western Australia, and to declare the mean time of the 120th meridian of longitude East of Greenwich, in England, to be such standard time throughout Western Australia: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows (that is to say): — 

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as The Standard Time Act 1895 1.

2.Commencement

This Act shall commence and take effect on and from 1 December 1895.

3.The time of the 120th meridian to be standard time

The mean time of the 120th meridian of longitude East of Greenwich, in England, shall be deemed, and is hereby declared to be standard time throughout Western Australia.

4.Times mentioned in Acts, rules, or instruments to mean standard time

Whenever any expression of time occurs in any Act, Order in Council, rule, regulation, local law or by‑law, or deed, or in any instrument whatsoever, and whenever the doing or not doing anything at a certain time of day or night, or during a certain part of the day or the night, has an effect in law, such time shall, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, be held to be standard time throughout Western Australia, as declared by this Act.

[Section 4 amended by No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]

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Notes

1This reprint is a compilation as at 12 September 2003 of the The Standard Time Act 1895 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

The Standard Time Act 1895

59 Vict., No. 2

17 Jul 1895

1 Dec 1895 (see s. 2)

Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4

14 of 1996

28 Jun 1996

1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)

Reprint 1: The Standard Time Act 1895 as at 12 Sep 2003 (includes amendments listed above)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Authority: JOHN A. STRIJK, Government Printer