Statutory Interpretation

Intrinsic and Extrinsic aids to interpretation
1. Intrinsic
  1. Long and Short titles
    1. The Law of Property Act
  2. Pramble
    1. The Theft Act
  3. Interpretation sections
  4. Schedules
    1. The Postal Services Act
    2. The Postal Services Commission
  5. Marginal noted and Headings
  6. Punctuation
2. Extrinsic
  1. Dictionaries
    1. DPP v Cheeseman
  2. Reports of Royal Commissions or law reform bodies
  3. The Human Rights Act 1998
  4. Previous or contemporary Acts
  5. Historical setting
    1. RCN v DHSS
  6. Work of leading academics
    1. Pollocks
      1. Dunlop v Selfridge
  7. Reports of International Conventions
    1. Fothergill v Monarch Airlines
  8. Hansard
    1. Davis v Johnson
    2. Pepper v Hart
Advantages and disadvantages of the purposive approach
1. Gives effect to Parliament's true intentions
2. Goes directly against the Doctrine of Separation of Powers and Supremacy of Parliament
3. Makes extensive use of extrinsic aids
4. Can only be used if Parliaments intentions can be identified
5. Avoids absure, unjust and harsh outcomes of the literal approach
6. Avoids the destructive analysis of language
7. More suited to European law, not English Legislation
Advantages and disadvantages of the literal rule
1. Respects the Separation of Powers and Supremacy of Parliament
2. Avoids judges being accused of law making
3. Rule occassionally produces absurd, unjust and indefensible results that cannot represent Parliaments true intentions
  1. DPP v Cheeseman
4. Judges say they are doing Parliament a service by drawing faulty legislation and loopholes to their attention
  1. Fisher v Bell
5. Fails to realise that language has its limitations
6. Is predictable and offers certainty and consistency in comparison to other approaches
7. Demands standards of unattainable perfection from Parliamentary draftsmen
The Rules of Language
1. Specific
  1. Tempest v Kilner ('goods, wares and merchandise')
2. General
  1. Powell v Kempton Park Racecourse ('keeping a house, office, room or other place for betting')
3. Context
  1. Pengelly v Bell Punch Co Ltd ('floors, steps, stairs, passages and gangways')

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