Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Supreme Court Act 1986 - SECT 43

Standard time in Victoria

43. Standard time in Victoria







(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.