Standard Time Act 2005

 

Standard Time Act 2005

CONTENTS

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.           Short title                                                                         2

2.           Commencement                                                               2

3.           Definitions                                                                       2

Part 2 — Standard Time

4.           Standard time throughout Western Australia                       3

5.           Construction of references to time in legal instruments        3

Part 3 — Repeal and consequential amendments

6.           Standard Time Act 1895 repealed                                    4

7.           Western Australian Marine (Sea Dumping) Regulations 1982 amended                  4

 

 

 

 

 

Standard Time Act 2005

No. 21 of 2005

An Act to —

·provide for standard time to be determined by reference to Co‑ordinated Universal Time;

·repeal the Standard Time Act 1895; and

·consequentially amend the Western Australian Marine (Sea Dumping) Regulations 1982.

 

[Assented to 15 November 2005]

 

 

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

 

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.           Short title

             This is the Standard Time Act 2005.

2.           Commencement

             This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3.           Definitions

             In this Act —

              “Co‑ordinated Universal Time” means Co‑ordinated Universal Time (UTC) as determined by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and maintained under section 8AA of the National Measurement Act 1960 of the Commonwealth;

              “legal instrument” means —

                      (a)    an Act;

                      (b)    a regulation, rule, proclamation, local law, by‑law, order, notice or other instrument made under an Act;

                      (c)    a contract or agreement (whether oral or in writing or both); or

                      (d)    any deed or other instrument having legal effect.

Part 2 — Standard Time

4.            Standard time throughout Western Australia

             Standard time throughout Western Australia is 8 hours in advance of Co‑ordinated Universal Time.

5.           Construction of references to time in legal instruments

     (1)    A reference (express or implied) in any legal instrument to any time or period of time is to be construed as a reference to —

                 (a)    standard time throughout Western Australia as declared by this Act; or

                 (b)    that period as determined by reference to standard time throughout Western Australia as declared by this Act.

     (2)    Subsection (1) does not apply to a reference to any time or period of time that is expressly required by a legal instrument to be construed in some other way.

     (3)    This section applies to a legal instrument even though it was made before the commencement of this Act.

Part 3 — Repeal and consequential amendments

6.           Standard Time Act 1895 repealed

             The Standard Time Act 1895 is repealed.

7.           Western Australian Marine (Sea Dumping) Regulations 1982 amended

     (1)    The amendments in this section are to the Western Australian Marine (Sea Dumping) Regulations 1982*.

             [* Reprint 1 as at 7 May 2004.]

     (2)    Regulation 4(b) is amended by deleting “Greenwich Mean Time,” and inserting instead —

“

             Co‑ordinated Universal Time as defined in the Standard Time Act 2005 section 3,

”.

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