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Advance
time by one hour throughout the year to create lighter evenings,
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an experimental period;
and for connected purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Time
for general purposes |
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Subject to section 3 of
the Summer Time Act 1972 (c. 6)
(interpretation of |
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references), the time for
general purposes shall be one hour in advance of |
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Amendment
of the Summer Time Act 1972 |
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In section 1(1) of the
Summer Time Act 1972 (advance
of time during period of |
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summer time) for “one
hour” substitute “two hours”. |
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Amendment
of the Interpretation Act 1978 |
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For section 9 of the Interpretation
Act 1978 (c. 30) (references to time of day) |
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“Whenever
an expression of time occurs in an Act, the time referred to
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shall,
unless it is otherwise specifically stated, be held to be the
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established
by the Energy Saving (Daylight) Act 2007, for so long as that
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(1) |
There shall be a committee
known as the Daylight Saving Review Panel (“the |
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Panel”) to monitor
and report on the effects of this Act. |
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The Panel shall consist
of a Chairman and no more than seven other members |
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appointed by the Secretary
of State. |
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The members of the Panel
shall include— |
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one
person nominated by the Royal Society; |
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one person nominated by
the Office of National Statistics; |
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the Government Chief Scientific
Adviser, or a person nominated by |
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the Chief Medical Officer,
or a person nominated by him; and |
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(e) |
other appropriate persons
nominated by the Secretary of State. |
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It shall be the duty of
the Panel to publish a report on the effects of the changes
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introduced under this Act
not later than six months prior to the expiration of |
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(5) |
The report of the Panel
shall include reference to any changes since the coming |
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into force of this Act
in— |
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(a) |
the number of road traffic
accidents; |
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(b) |
levels of energy consumption;
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levels of ill health; and
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(d) |
other areas that the Panel
believes to have been affected by the |
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The report of the Panel
shall cover any parts of the United Kingdom in which |
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the provisions of this
Act are in force. |
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The Panel shall cease
to exist after it has published a report under subsection |
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The
Secretary of State may make payments to the chairman of the
Panel by way of |
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remuneration
and make payments to him and other members in respect of expenses
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incurred
by them in the performance of their duties. |
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The
Secretary of State may also defray any other expenses of the
Panel. |
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Amendment
of the Government of Wales Act 2006 |
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In Part 1 (subjects) of
Schedule 7 (acts of the assembly) to the Government of |
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Wales Act 2006 (c. 32),
at the appropriate place, insert the following entry— |
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The subject-matter
of the Energy Saving (Daylight) Act 2007.” |
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Amendment
of the Scotland Act 1998 |
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In section L5 (time) of
Schedule 5 (reserved matters) to the Scotland
Act 1998 |
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(c. 46), insert as
the first entry under the cross-heading Exceptions— |
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“The subject-matter
of the Energy Saving (Daylight) Act 2007.” |
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Amendment
of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 |
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In Schedule 3 (reserved
matters) to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47), at the |
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appropriate place, insert
the following entry— |
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“The subject-matter
of the Energy Saving (Daylight) Act 2007.” |
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There
shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament— |
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any
sums to be paid by the Secretary of State for or in connection
with the |
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carrying
out of his functions under this Act; and |
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any
increase attributable to this Act in the sums which are payable
out of |
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money
so provided under any other Act. |
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Short
title, commencement and extent |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the Energy Saving (Daylight) Act 2007. |
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(2) |
This Act shall come into
force— |
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in England at two o’clock
in the morning of 26th October 2008; |
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in Wales on such day (if
any) as Welsh Ministers may by order appoint; |
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(c) |
in Northern Ireland, if
the Northern Ireland Assembly is not |
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suspended, on such day (if
any) as may be prescribed by Northern |
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Ireland subordinate legislation; |
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in Scotland, on such day
(if any) as Scottish Ministers may by order |
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and
shall expire at two o’clock in the morning of 25th October
2011. |
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(3) |
This Act extends to the
whole of the United Kingdom, subject to the provisions |
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