Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) The Governor, on
the recommendation of the Minister, may make regulations
declaring —
(a) the
trading hours of any organization (however described) whose hours of trade are
regulated under the Retail Trading Hours Act 1987 ; or
(b) the
hours of work of any employee (however described) whose hours of work are
regulated under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 ; or
(c) the
trading hours of any person licensed under the Liquor Licensing Act 1988
; or
(d) the
hours of operation of any school regulated under the School Education
Act 1999 ; or
(e) such
other matters as are, in the opinion of the Governor, necessary to be declared
to moderate the effect of summer time.
(2) Regulations made
under subsection (1) in relation to trading hours, hours of work or hours
of operation must not —
(a)
increase or decrease those hours; or
(b)
declare those hours to commence or terminate more than one hour after the time
of commencement or termination prescribed under the relevant written law.
(3) Regulations made
under subsection (1) have effect —
(a) in
such region or area; and
(b)
during such period,
as is specified in the
regulations, but have no effect outside the period from the hour of
2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October in
a year to the hour of
2 a.m. on the last Sunday in March of the following year.
(4) Regulations made
under subsection (1) have effect according to their tenor despite any
written law or other law, or any award or agreement, or any order or ruling of
any court, tribunal, commission or body.
