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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Generate an image of the 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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British Summer Time Act 1972 canonical 3
Summer Time Act 1972 2

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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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Summer Time → namedAfter → British Summer Time Act 1972 ⓘ
British Summer Time → governedBy → Summer Time Act 1972 ⓘ
linked to: British Summer Time Act 1972
BST Act 1972 → shortName → British Summer Time Act 1972 ⓘ
BST Act 1972 → citationStyle → British Summer Time Act 1972 ⓘ
Summer Time Act 1947 → replacedBy → Summer Time Act 1972 ⓘ
linked to: British Summer Time Act 1972