Daylight Saving Amendment Act 1999
An Act to amend the Daylight Saving Act 1968
[Royal Assent 24 November 1999]
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Daylight Saving Amendment Act 1999 .
This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
In this Act, the Daylight Saving Act 1968 is referred to as the Principal Act.
4. Section 3A inserted
After section 3 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted:3A. Advance of time for period in years 2000 and 2001
(1) Notwithstanding section 3 and anything in the Standard Time Act 1895 , from the hour of 2 a.m. of the last Sunday in the month of August 2000 until the hour of 2 a.m. of the last Sunday in the month of March in the following year, Tasmanian summer time throughout the State is to be one hour in advance of standard time and is to be observed accordingly.(2) An order in force under section 3(1A) is of no effect during the period specified in subsection (1) .(3) In this section,the hour of 2 a.m. means that hour as determined by standard time.
[Second reading presentation speech made in:
House of Assembly on 20 OCTOBER 1999
Legislative Council on 3 NOVEMBER 1999]