Daylight Saving Regulations 2017

Daylight Saving Regulations 2017

I, the Lieutenant-Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Daylight Saving Act 2007 .

A. M. BLOW

Lieutenant-Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

WILLIAM E. F. HODGMAN

Premier

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Daylight Saving Regulations 2017 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Prescribed period for daylight saving

The period –

(a) commencing at the hour of 2 a.m. (standard time) on the first Sunday in October in each year; and

(b) ending at the hour of 3 a.m. (2 a.m. standard time) on the first Sunday in April in the following year –

is prescribed for the purposes of section 4 of the Daylight Saving Act 2007 .

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 29 November 2017