DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 1971






TABLE OF PROVISIONS


 1.    Short title
 2.    Interpretation
 3.    Advance of time
 3A.    Power to make regulation
 4.    Reference to time
 4A.    Governor may exclude part of State from application of this Act
 5.    Savings

 
Legislative history
 

 


DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 1971
 - LONG TITLE
An Act to promote the longer use of daylight in certain months of the year
and to provide for matters incidental thereto.


DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 1971

- SECT 1
1--Short
title

This Act may be cited as the Daylight Saving
Act 1971.


DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 1971

- SECT 2
2--Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears--

"the prescribed period" means--

             (a)         if no period for the observance of South Australian summer time is
prescribed by regulation--the period from 2 a.m. South Australian standard
time on the last Sunday in October until 2 a.m. South Australian standard time
on the first Sunday in the following March;

             (b)         if a period for the observance of South Australian summer time is
prescribed by regulation--the period so prescribed;

"South Australian standard time" means the time declared by
The Standard Time Act 1898 to be standard time throughout South
Australia;

"South Australian summer time" means the time to be observed
throughout the State as prescribed by this Act.


DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 1971

- SECT 3
3--Advance of
time

         (1)         South Australian summer time shall be one hour in advance of South
Australian standard time.

         (2)         Notwithstanding The Standard Time Act 1898 but subject to
section 4A, South Australian summer time shall be observed throughout the
State during the prescribed period.


DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 1971

- SECT 3A
3A--Power to make
regulation

The period for the observance of South Australian summer time may be
prescribed by regulation.


DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 1971

- SECT 4
4--Reference to
time

         (1)         Subject to section 4A, in relation to the prescribed period, a
reference to time in any instrument or in any oral contract, stipulation or
direction shall, unless the contrary intention is expressed, be taken to be a
reference to South Australian summer time.

         (2)         In this section--

"instrument" means--

             (a)         an Act or an instrument made in pursuance of statutory powers;
or

             (b)         a proclamation or order in Council; or

             (c)         a judgment, order, judicial direction or process; or

             (d)         an order, direction or notice given in pursuance of an executive or
administrative authority; or

             (e)         a deed, contract, or other instrument.


DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 1971

- SECT 4A
4A--Governor
may exclude part of State from application of this Act

         (1)         The Governor may, by regulation, exclude from the application of this
Act any specified part of the State with effect for the whole of the prescribed
period or any specified part of the prescribed period.

         (2)         While this Act does not apply to a particular part of the State by
virtue of an exclusion under subsection (1), The Standard Time
Act 1898 applies in relation to that part of the State.


DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 1971

- SECT 5
5--Savings

         (1)         Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the provisions of
The Standard Time Act 1898 are not affected by this Act.

         (2)         Nothing in this Act affects the use of South Australian standard time
for the purposes of astronomy, meteorology or navigation, or the construction of
any document mentioning or referring to a point of time in connection with any
of those purposes.


DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 1971
 - NOTES


Legislative
history

Notes

    *     For further information relating to the Act and subordinate
legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian
Statutes.

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.



      
      
      
      
      




Year



No



Title



Assent



Commencement





1971



54



Daylight Saving Act 1971



30.9.1971



30.9.1971





1972



81



Daylight Saving Act Amendment Act 1972



12.10.1972



12.10.1972





1986



1



Daylight Saving Act Amendment Act 1986



27.2.1986



27.2.1986




Provisions amended since 3 February
1976

    *     Legislative history prior to 3 February 1976 appears in marginal
notes and footnotes included in the consolidation of this Act contained in
Volume 3 of The Public General Acts of South Australia 1837-1975 at page
429.

New entries appear in bold.



      
      
      




Provision



How varied



Commencement





s 2









the prescribed period



inserted by 1/1986 s 2



27.2.1986





s 3



substituted by 1/1986 s 3



27.2.1986





s 3A



inserted by 1/1986 s 3



27.2.1986





s 4



substituted by 1/1986 s 3



27.2.1986





s 4A



inserted by 1/1986 s 3



27.2.1986