Victorian Current Acts

SUPREME COURT ACT 1986 - SECT 43

S. 43(1) substituted by No. 17/2005 s. 7(2).

    (1)     Standard time throughout Victoria is the time that is 10 hours in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time.

Note

Under section 8AA of the National Measurement Act 1960 of the Commonwealth the Chief Metrologist is required to maintain Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) as determined by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.

    (2)     If—

        (a)     an expression of time occurs in an instrument; or

        (b)     the doing or not doing of anything at a certain time has an effect in law—

the time is standard time as provided in subsection (1) unless it is otherwise specifically stated.

No. 6387 s. 63.