Bill 214 explained in plain English
Time Amendment Act, 2020
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
At a glance
Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Time Amendment Act, 2020, amends Ontario's Time Act to make standard time the permanent time and makes related changes to other provincial acts.
Bill 214, also known as the Time Amendment Act, 2020, amends existing Ontario laws related to timekeeping. The main change is to establish standard time as the year-round time in effect, meaning daylight saving time would no longer be observed annually. This change affects how time is referenced in several other Ontario acts.
- Amends the Time Act to make standard time the standard time year-round.
- Makes consequential amendments to other Ontario acts to reflect the change in timekeeping.
- Repeals subsections related to the previous time system in the Time Act.
- Removes references to daylight saving time in several other acts.
- The general public in Ontario.
- Individuals and entities subject to the Time Act.
- Individuals and entities subject to the Election Act, Labour Relations Act, 1995, and Mining Act.
- The Act received Royal Assent on November 30, 2020.
- The Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- The exact date the Act comes into force is not specified in the bill text, as it is subject to proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor.
Changes the existing rules about time. It removes references to 'five' and 'six' in specific subsections and replaces them with 'four' and 'five' respectively. It also repeals subsections that previously allowed for different time standards (standard time or daylight saving time) and establishes standard time as the time in effect for the entire year.
Source: Section 1
Removes the phrase 'that is, either standard time or daylight saving time, as the case may be' from Section 2, so the Act no longer refers to the possibility of daylight saving time.
Source: Section 2
Changes a reference in subsection 122.1 (3) from 'eastern standard or daylight saving time' to 'eastern standard time'.
Source: Section 3
Removes references to 'or eastern daylight saving time, as the case may be' or 'or eastern daylight time, as the case may be' from various subsections.
Source: Section 4
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