Internal and external aids

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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
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The preamble (internal)
Older Acts have one to outline what is covered and the Acts purpose, eg Animal Welfare Act Amendments 1998
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Schedules (internal)
Additions to the main body of the Act to help make sense of the Act, eg the Disbality Discrimination Act
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Definition section (internal)
Helps explain key word, eg the Theft Act 1998 has a section to define words such as 'theft'
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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
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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'
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Pervious acts (external)
In Wheatly, the courts used the interpretation of pervious acts (explosive substance Act 1833
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Hansard (external)
These are transcripts showing Parliamentary debates as used in Pepper V hart
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International treaties (external)
United nations charter is used when interpreting EU law
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The preamble (internal)

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Older Acts have one to outline what is covered and the Acts purpose, eg Animal Welfare Act Amendments 1998

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Schedules (internal)

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Definition section (internal)

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Puncuation (internal)

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