AI-assisted research summary: This law sets Jersey’s general time during summer time to one hour ahead of Greenwich mean time, with fixed start and end times, and lets the States change the summer-time period or offset for a year by Act.
Jersey Law 6/1972 SUMMER TIME (JERSEY) LAW, 1972. ____________ A LAW to establish the time for general purposes in the Bailiwick during the period of summer time, sanctioned by Order of the 22nd day of MARCH, 1972. of the Counsellors of States on behalf of Her Majesty. ____________ ( Registered on the 4 th day of April , 1972). ____________ STATES OF JERSEY. ____________ The 18th day of January, 1972. ____________ T HE STATES , subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law: - ARTICLE 1 (1) Subject to Article 2 of this Law, the time for general purposes in the Bailiwick of Jersey shall, during the period of summer time, be one hour in advance of Greenwich mean time. (2) Subject to Article 2 of this Law, the period of summer time for the purposes of this Law is the period beginning at two o’clock, Greenwich mean time, in the morning of the day after the third Saturday in March, and ending at two o’clock, Greenwich mean time, in the morning of the day after the fourth Saturday in October. ARTICLE 2 In relation to any year, the States may by Act direct that – ( a ) the period of summer time for the purposes of this Law shall be such period as may be specified in the Act instead of the period specified in Article 1 of this Law; ( b ) the time for general purposes in the Bailiwick of Jersey shall, during any part of the period of summer time, be two hours instead of one hour in advance of Greenwich mean time. ARTICLE 3 (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this Article, wherever any reference to a point of time occurs in any enactment or any legal document whether passed or made before or after the coming into force of this Law, the time referred to shall, during the period of summer time, be taken to be the time as fixed for general purposes by or under this Law unless it is otherwise expressly provided. (2) Nothing in this Law shall affect the use of Greenwich mean time for purposes of astronomy, meteorology, navigation or other purposes for which that time is adopted by international usage, or affect the construction of any document mentioning or referring to a point of time in connexion with any of those purposes. ARTICLE 4 This Law may be cited as the Summer Time (Jersey) Law, 1972. R.S. GRAY, Deputy Greffier of the States.