STANDARD TIME ACT 1894 Reprinted as in force on 1 September 2005 Reprint No. 1A > TABLE OF PROVISIONS Contents 1. Short title 2. Commencement of Act 3. Standard time 4. The time mentioned in Acts etc. to mean standard time 5. Transitional provision for Freedom of Information and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005 Endnotes - LONG TITLE An Act to establish a standard of time 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Standard Time Act 1894. 2 Commencement of Act This Act shall commence and take effect on and from the 1 January 1895. 3 Standard time (1) Standard time in Queensland is 10 hours in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time. (2) In this section-- Co-ordinated Universal Time means Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) as determined by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and maintained under the National Measurement Act 1960 (Cwlth), section 8AA. 4 The time mentioned in Acts etc. to mean standard time Whenever any expression of time occurs in any Act, order in council, rule, regulation, by-law, 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 Queensland as declared by this Act. 5 Transitional provision for Freedom of Information and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005 Section 3, as inserted by the Freedom of Information and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005, (new section 3) applies to an instrument even though it was made before the commencement of new section 3. - NOTES Page Date to which amendments incorporated 5 Key 5 Table of reprints 6 List of legislation 6 List of annotations 6 This is the reprint date mentioned in the Reprints Act 1992, section 5(c). Accordingly, this reprint includes all amendments that commenced operation on or before 1 September 2005. Future amendments of the Standard Time Act 1894 may be made in accordance with this reprint under the Reprints Act 1992, section 49. Key Explanation Key Explanation AIA = Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (prev) = previously amd = amended proc = proclamation amdt = amendment prov = provision ch = chapter pt = part def = definition pubd = published div = division R[X] = Reprint No.[X] exp = expires/expired RA = Reprints Act 1992 gaz = gazette reloc = relocated hdg = heading renum = renumbered ins = inserted rep = repealed lap = lapsed (retro) = retrospectively notfd = notified rv = revised edition o in c = order in council s = section om = omitted sch = schedule orig = original sdiv = subdivision p = page SIA = Statutory Instruments Act 1992 para = paragraph SIR = Statutory Instruments Regulation 2002 prec = preceding SL = subordinate legislation pres = present sub = substituted Reprint No. Amendments to Effective Reprint date 1 none 1 January 1895 9 December 1994 Reprint No. Amendments included Effective Notes 1A 2005 Act No. 28 1 September 2005 >