AFAICT, the latest Summer Time Directive (Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements) has not yet been implemented in the UK, although the required date ( Article 7 Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2001 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. ) has now passed. During the past year, responsibility for Summer Time has moved from the Home Office (where it was for 80 years) to DTI Employment Relations; I have not managed to get information from them about their plans for implementation of the Directive. Their web page http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/europe/directives.htm shows it as unimplemented and I have seen nothing relevant in the Stationery Office Daily Lists. -- Joseph S. Myers jsm28@cam.ac.uk
I have now been advised by the DTI that Thank you for your enquiry. Previous EC Directives on summer time have set the start and end dates of summer time for a specified period and have been implemented by an order in council under the Summer Time Act 1972. The latest Directive, though, sets dates for an indefinite period and implementation will require an order in council under the European Communities Act 1972 to amend the Summer Time Act 1972 accordingly. The intention is that it be laid before Parliament during February. I hope that this is helpful. Jim Logan DTI -- Joseph S. Myers jsm28@cam.ac.uk
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