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Advance
time by one hour throughout the year to create lighter evenings,
for
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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 time
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established
by the Energy Saving (Daylight) Act 2008, for so long as that
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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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(c)
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the Government Chief Scientific
Adviser, or a person nominated by
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(d)
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the Chief Medical Officer, or
a person nominated by him; and
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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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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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the number of road traffic accidents;
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levels of energy consumption;
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levels of ill health; and
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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
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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 2008.”
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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 2008.”
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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 2008.”
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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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This Act may be cited as the
Energy Saving (Daylight) Act 2008.
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This Act shall come into force—
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in England at two o’clock
in the morning of 25th October 2009;
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in Wales on such day (if any)
as Welsh Ministers may by order appoint;
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in Northern Ireland, on such
day (if any) as may be prescribed by
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Northern 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 28th October
2012.
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This Act extends to the whole
of the United Kingdom.
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