s 1Short title
This is the Standard Time Act 2005.
This is the Standard Time Act 2005.
This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
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 —
an Act;
a regulation, rule, proclamation, local law, by‑law, order, notice or other instrument made under an Act;
a contract or agreement (whether oral or in writing or both); or
any deed or other instrument having legal effect.
Standard time throughout Western Australia is 8 hours in advance of Co‑ordinated Universal Time.
A reference (express or implied) in any legal instrument to any time or period of time is to be construed as a reference to —
standard time throughout Western Australia as declared by this Act; or
that period as determined by reference to standard time throughout Western Australia as declared by this Act.
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.
This section applies to a legal instrument even though it was made before the commencement of this Act.
The Standard Time Act 1895 is repealed.
The amendments in this section are to the Western Australian Marine (Sea Dumping) Regulations 1982*.
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,
”.
1 This is a compilation of the Standard Time Act 2005. The following table contains information about that Act.
Short title | Number and year | Assent | Commencement |
|---|---|---|---|
Standard Time Act 2005 | 21 of 2005 | 15 Nov 2005 | 16 Nov 2005 (see s. 2) |
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
Defined term Provision(s)
Co‑ordinated Universal Time 3
legal instrument 3
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