Statutory interpretation in Australia / D. C. Pearce and R. S. Geddes.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : Butterworths, 2001

5th edition

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Law -- Interpretation and construction -- Australia.

Statute law -- Australia.

1. Introduction

2. Approaches to the interpretation of legislation

3. Extrinsic aids to interpretation

4. Intrinsic or grammatical aids to interpretation

5. Legal assumptions

6. Interpretation acts and sections

7. Interpretation of repealing acts, amending acts and acts incorporating other statutes

8. Interpretation of consolidating, reprinted and codifying acts

9. Interpretaion of remedial, penal and fiscal provisions

10. Retrospective operation of legislation

11. Obligatory and discretionary provisions

12. Drafting conventions and expressions.

Previous edition 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0409316873

xlv, 314 pages