British Summer Time Act 1972

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The British Summer Time Act 1972 is UK legislation that standardized the annual observance of daylight saving time by defining the periods during which clocks are advanced by one hour.

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Summer Time Act 1972 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom legislation
appliesTo England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
appliesToDomain business hours
civil time
legal deadlines
transport timetables
areaOfLaw public law
time regulation law
country United Kingdom
defines dates when clocks are advanced by one hour
dates when clocks return to Greenwich Mean Time
periods of British Summer Time each year
enforcedBy UK public authorities
hasConcept annual recurring time change
seasonal adjustment of clocks
jurisdiction Great Britain
United Kingdom
language English
legalEffect establishes when civil time in the UK is one hour in advance of GMT
regulates the annual change between GMT and British Summer Time
purpose to provide legal definition of British Summer Time periods
to standardize the annual observance of daylight saving time in the UK
relatedConcept daylight saving time in Europe
time zones in the United Kingdom
relatedLegislation Summer Time Act 1916
Summer Time Act 1925
Summer Time Act 1947
relatesTo British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time
clocks going back one hour
clocks going forward one hour
shortName BST Act 1972
subject daylight saving time
summer time
timekeeping
timeOffsetDuringSummer GMT+1
usesTimeStandard Greenwich Mean Time

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British Summer Time governedBy British Summer Time Act 1972
this entity surface form: Summer Time Act 1972
British Summer Time namedAfter British Summer Time Act 1972