Legislative Council Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Bills Standard Time Bill STANDARD TIME BILL Second Reading Second Reading Adjourned debate on second reading. (Continued from 5 February 2009. Page 1225.) The Hon. CARMEL ZOLLO Legislative Council Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister for Gambling, Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs The Hon. CARMEL ZOLLO (Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister for Gambling, Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (17:38): I will be very brief in summing up. I thank the Hon. Michelle Lensink for her contribution to the debate on this bill. I am grateful for her indication of the opposition's support. This bill will replace references to Greenwich Mean Time with the more accurate time measurement scale called Coordinated Universal Time. The passage of this bill will ensure that South Australia is brought into line with all other Australian states and ensure that South Australia operates as part of a uniform national time standard. While the proposal will not change the actual time in South Australia to any noticeable degree, the public and businesses that rely upon precise time measurement will benefit from the certainty in the use of uniform terminology in standard time legislation in South Australia. On a final note, on behalf of my colleague in another place I acknowledge and thank parliamentary counsel and staff from SafeWork SA for their assistance and support in drafting this bill. Bill read a second time and taken through its remaining stages.