No. 75 3rd Session, 15th Legislature, Alberta 14 Elizaibeth II BILL 7S A Bill to amend· The Daylight Saving Time Act HON. MR. HOOKE Printed by L. s. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1966

Explanatory Note I. This Bill will amend

chapter 76 of the Revised Statutes.

Section 2 of the Act reads: 2. Except as hereinafter provided, Mountain Standard Time shall be used and observed within the Province and no person shall use or observe within the Province any ,Ume other than Mountain Standard Time. 2. Definition added.

Section 3 prohibits municipalities from adopting, enforcing, using or observing Daylight Saving Time. 4. A Province wide plebiscite may be held on the adoption of Daylight Saving Time. On a majority vote in favour,

section 7 as set out in clause ,6 of this: Bill may be proclaimed in force. The present

section 4 authorizes agreements with the Government of Canada and other provinces to establish daylight time. , 5. Secti?n '5, ,clause (

a) authorizes the making of regulations In connectIOn WIth the repealed

section 4. 6. Daylight Saving Time. See clause 4 of this Bill.

BILL No. 75 of 1966

An Act to. amend The Daylight Saving Time Act (Assented to , 1966) HER MAJESTY, by and with ·the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta enacts as follows: ' 1. The Daylight Saving Time Act is hereby amended. 2. The following

section is added after

section 1 : la. In this Act "Daylight Saving Time" means the time one hour in advance of Mountain Standard Time.

Section 3 is amended (

a) by adding after the word "town," where it occurs in subsections (1) and (2) the words "new town,", (

b) by adding the following subsection after subsection (2) :

(3) This

section does not apply to the enforce­ ment, use or observance of Daylight Saving Time in effect within the Province pursuant to

section 4.

Section 4 is struck out and the following is substituted: 4.

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may give di­ rections for the holding of a general plebiscite of the electors of the Province to determine whether the electors are in favour of the use and observance of Daylight Saving Time within the Province.

(2) The plebiscite shall be taken under The Election Act as provided in sections 167 to 169 thereof.

(3) When, on the taking of a plebiscite pursuant to this section, a majority of the electors voting vote in favour of the use and observance of Daylight Saving Time within the Province, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may pro­ claim subsection (1) of

section 7 to be in force throughout the Province. 5,.

Section 5 is amended by striking out clause (a).

Section 7 is struck out and the following is substituted:

Section 18, subsection (1), clause (1) of The Intepretation Act, 1958 reads: 2 18.

(1) In an enactment, (1) a reference to time shall ;be read as a reference to mountain standard time. 8. Commencement of Act.

(1) In every year between (

a) two o'clock in the morning of the last Sunday in April, and (

b) two o'clock in the morning of the last Sunday in October, Daylight Saving Time shall be used and observed within the Province and no person shall use or observe within the Province any time other than Daylight Saving Time. (2) Subsection (1) has no force or effect until the Lieu­ tenant Governor in Council issues a proclamation pursuant to

section 4. 7. The

Interpretation Act, 1958 is amended as to

section 18, subsection (1) by striking out clause (

l) and by sub­ stituting the following: (

l) a reference to time shall be read as (

i) a reference to Mountain Standard Time, or (ii) a reference to Daylight Saving Time, whichever is being used and observed as provided in The Daylight Saving Time Act. 8. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

No. 75 THIRD SEISS-ION FIFTEENTH LEGISLATURE 14 ELIZABETH II 1966 BILL

An Act to amend The Daylight Saving Time Act Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ..................................... . Third time ....................................... . HON. MR. HOOKE Title: 1966 (15th, 3rd) Bill 75,

An Act to amend The Daylight Saving Time Act