Summer Time Act 1925
E280801
The Summer Time Act 1925 was a UK law that regulated the seasonal adjustment of clocks to introduce daylight saving time across Great Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Summer Time Act 1925 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2590910 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Summer Time Act 1925 Context triple: [British Summer Time Act 1972, relatedLegislation, Summer Time Act 1925]
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A.
Summer Time Act 1916
The Summer Time Act 1916 was a UK law that first introduced daylight saving time, advancing clocks during the summer months to conserve energy and extend evening daylight.
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B.
British Summer Time Act 1972
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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C.
London Act of 1934
The London Act of 1934 is a revision of the Hague Agreement that updated and expanded the international system for registering industrial designs.
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D.
Shop Hours Act 1911
The Shop Hours Act 1911 was a British law that regulated the working hours and conditions of shop workers as part of early 20th-century social and labor reforms.
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E.
Glass–Owen Act
The Glass–Owen Act is the landmark 1913 U.S. law that created the Federal Reserve System as the nation’s central bank to stabilize the financial system and manage monetary policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Summer Time Act 1925 Target entity description: The Summer Time Act 1925 was a UK law that regulated the seasonal adjustment of clocks to introduce daylight saving time across Great Britain.
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A.
Summer Time Act 1916
The Summer Time Act 1916 was a UK law that first introduced daylight saving time, advancing clocks during the summer months to conserve energy and extend evening daylight.
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B.
British Summer Time Act 1972
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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C.
London Act of 1934
The London Act of 1934 is a revision of the Hague Agreement that updated and expanded the international system for registering industrial designs.
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D.
Shop Hours Act 1911
The Shop Hours Act 1911 was a British law that regulated the working hours and conditions of shop workers as part of early 20th-century social and labor reforms.
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E.
Glass–Owen Act
The Glass–Owen Act is the landmark 1913 U.S. law that created the Federal Reserve System as the nation’s central bank to stabilize the financial system and manage monetary policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom legislation ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
England
ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| basedOn | policy of daylight saving time ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| effect | advanced legal time during summer compared with Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ |
| fieldOfLaw |
administrative law
ⓘ
time regulation law ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United Kingdom daylight saving time legislation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Parliament of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
British Parliament
|
| legalStatus | spent ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English law ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Parliament of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
British Parliament
|
| purpose |
to introduce daylight saving time across Great Britain
ⓘ
to provide for the seasonal adjustment of clocks ⓘ to regulate summer time in Great Britain ⓘ |
| region | Great Britain ⓘ |
| regulates |
daylight saving time in Great Britain
ⓘ
seasonal adjustment of clocks ⓘ |
| repealedBy | later United Kingdom time legislation ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier temporary summer time regulations in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Summer Time Act 1925 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
daylight saving time
ⓘ
summer time ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ |
| temporalScope | summer months ⓘ |
| typeOfNorm | public law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Summer Time Act 1925 Description of subject: The Summer Time Act 1925 was a UK law that regulated the seasonal adjustment of clocks to introduce daylight saving time across Great Britain.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.