DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 2006 - SECT 2

DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 2006 - SECT 2

2 .         Commencement

        (1)         This Act other than section 6 comes into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3), section 6 comes into operation on the day after the day on which the statement referred to in the Referendums Act 1983 section 30(3) is published in the Gazette in relation to the referendum if that statement evidences that, as regards the whole of the State, the number of votes marked “yes” exceeds the number of votes marked “no”.

        (3)         If any question respecting the validity of the referendum or of any return or statement showing the voting on the referendum is referred to the Supreme Court by resolution of the Legislative Council or of the Legislative Assembly under the Referendums Act 1983 Part VI and, under that Part, the Supreme Court subsequently avoids the referendum or such a return or statement, the Governor may by proclamation provide that section 6 ceases to be in operation on the day specified in the proclamation.