50

 


Third Session, 46th General Assembly

59 Elizabeth II, 2010

BILL 50

AN ACT TO AMEND THE STANDARD TIME ACT

Received and Read the First Time...................................................................................................

Second Reading.................................................................................................................................

Committee............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading.....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE KEVIN O'BRIEN

Minister of Municipal Affairs

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Standard Time Act respecting the reference time for Daylight Saving Time.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE STANDARD TIME ACT

Analysis


        1.   S.3 Amdt.
Daylight time

        2.   Commencement


Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cS-23
as amended

        1. Subsection 3(1.1) of the Standard Time Act is repealed and the following substituted:

          (1.1)  Until changed under subsection (1), during the period in each year between 2 a.m. of the second Sunday in March and 2 a.m. of the first Sunday in November time in the province shall be reckoned as 2 1/2 hours later than Greenwich mean solar time.

Commencement

        2. This Act comes into force on a day to be proclaimed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.