Internal and external aids 2.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? LawStatutory interpretationASAQA Created by: rubyCreated on: 25-04-13 13:42 The long and short title of an Act (internal) Cornwall County Council V Baker referred to the long title of the Protection of Animals Act 2000 to confirm the purpose 1 of 9 The preamble (internal) Older Acts have one to outline what is covered and the Acts purpose, eg Animal Welfare Act Amendments 1998 2 of 9 Schedules (internal) Additions to the main body of the Act to help make sense of the Act, eg the Disbality Discrimination Act 3 of 9 Definition section (internal) Helps explain key word, eg the Theft Act 1998 has a section to define words such as 'theft' 4 of 9 Puncuation (internal) Helps understand the effect on the meaning of words, in DPP V Schildkamp puncuation can be used as an aid when the wording is ambiguous 5 of 9 Dictionaries (external) Vaughn V Vaughn, in which the court used a dictionary to define 'molest' cas to 'to cause trouble, vex or annoy or put to inconveince' 6 of 9 Pervious acts (external) In Wheatly, the courts used the interpretation of pervious acts (explosive substance Act 1833 7 of 9 Hansard (external) These are transcripts showing Parliamentary debates as used in Pepper V hart 8 of 9 International treaties (external) United nations charter is used when interpreting EU law 9 of 9
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