S.I. No. 371/1992:

WINTER TIME ORDER, 1992.

WINTER TIME ORDER, 1992.

I, PADRAIG FLYNN, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 of the Standard Time (Amendment) Act, 1971 (No. 17 of 1971), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Winter Time Order, 1992.

2. For the years 1993 and 1994--

( a ) the period of winter time which, apart from this Article, would end at two o'clock Greenwich mean time in the morning of the 21st day of March, 1993, is hereby varied so as to end at one o'clock Greenwich mean time in the morning of the 28th day of March, 1993,

( b ) the period of winter time which, apart from this Article, would begin at two o'clock Greenwich mean time in the morning of the 24th day of October, 1993, is hereby varied so as to begin at one o'clock Greenwich mean time in that morning and end at one o'clock Greenwich mean time in the morning of the 27th day of March, 1994, and

( c ) the period of winter time which, apart from this Article, would begin at two o'clock Greenwich mean time in the morning of the 23rd day of October, 1994, is hereby varied so at to begin at one o'clock Greenwich mean time in that morning.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of December, 1992.

PADRAIG FLYNN,

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order varies the periods of winter time (and consequently summer time) provided for in section 1 (1) (c) of the Standard Time (Amendment) Act, 1971 for the years 1993 and 1994. The main effect of the Order will be that summer time will begin one week later in 1993 and 1994 than provided for in the 1971 Act. A minor effect of the Order will be that the time of change from winter time to summer time and vice versa will be 1 a.m. in the morning (G.M.T.) rather than 2 a.m. This Order given effect to an E.E.C. Directive [92/20/EEC of 26 March, 1992] concerning summer time in E.E.C. Member States.

This Order shall not come into operation until it has been approved by resolution of each House of the Oireachtas.