STATUTORY INTERPRETATION TOPICS: Preliminaries Rules and approaches Aids to interpretation Impact of EU and HRA PRELIMINARIES Statutory interpretation is the way by which the parts of a statute are interpreted in order to understand what Parliament might have intended by passing that particular statute. Statutes are not user friendly. They are written in technical form and not too easy to understand (ambiguity). The words used in statues may have different meanings which indicate
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7. Statutory Interpretation 7.1. The Role of Statutory Interpretation • The courts must ascertain the meaning of a statute in order to apply it. • Even the most well drafted statute may be capable of more than one interpretation in any particular situation – this is a function of the nature of language and the desire of opposing parties to find interpretations which favour their own case. Additionally‚ some statutes may be inherently ambiguous. • The courts have developed principles
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1. The purpose and intent of The Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) as it relates to torts The Wrong Act 1958 is a law most closely related to people ’s daily life‚ that means it is a legislation dedicated to set lawful regulation when someone in Victoria suffers from injuries of kind‚ he or she shall be lawfully compensated for his injury that may related to financial losses. After hundreds of years of development‚ Anglo-American tort law has formed a very sound legal system with negligent torts occupies
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Explain why many Germans regarded the terms of the Treaty of Versailles as unfair One reason why Germans regarded the Treaty as unfair was because of how much land they lost due to it. All of Germany’s colonies were stripped from her and given to Britain and France; this caused anger as some of the colonies were acquired before the war. Furthermore‚ Alsace-Lorraine‚ 40 years after it was invaded by Germany‚ was handed back to France‚ Belgium received Eupen and Malmedy. The Saar region was placed
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| Ethical Employer | Workplace Diversity | | Student name | 5/5/2013 | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | Over the past few centuries society has seen a steady increase in sensitivity towards women‚ minorities‚ the disabled‚ sexuality‚ and religion from within the business community
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GROUP 1 – 2ND QUESTION Why is the purposive approach towards statutory interpretation the preferred principle to be applied in the interpretation of Constitution instruments and legislation in the Caribbean? The doctrine of Separation of Powers is enshrined in the Constitutions of the Commonwealth Caribbean providing power to the legislature to make laws while providing the authority to the judiciary to interpret the laws. The interpretation of statutes is important as it helps establish judicial
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PATRIOT Act: Right or Wrong. On September 11th of 2001 the United States was attacked. Many people died and through that drama the United States was unified with a singular goal of stopping terrorism. While many people were willing to sacrifice a few freedoms for the greater good‚ others were asking where is the line between the government fighting terrorism and abusing a situation to expand its dominion over the public. The United States government passed a bill called the PATRIOT Act to simplify
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Running Head: Alabama Nursing Practice Act Jessica Mcinnis Mrs. Volovecky December 26‚ 2014 (Alabama Nursing Practice Act‚ 1993) Itt-tech Nursing Role The Alabama Board of Nursing is the Standards of Nursing Practice The Nursing Practice Act is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families and communities so they may attain‚ maintain or recover optimal health and quality. The scope practice includes‚ but is not limited to care and
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Nurse Practice Act Extra Credit Definition of Nurse Practice Act(s) Nursing practice acts in each state are laws that define the responsibilities of the nurse. The acts are intended to protect patients from harm as a result of unsafe or incompetent practice‚ or unqualified nurses. They contain general statements of appropriate professional nursing actions. The nurse must incorporate the nursing practice act with his or her educational background‚ previous work experience‚ institutional policies
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some clarification on change in Employer & Employee contribution to PF: Employer and employee is currently contributing 12% of basic into PF (basic being higher than Rs. 6500/-); and employee now wants to restrict his/her contribution now to only 12% of Rs. 6500/- basic‚ ie. Rs. 780/- pm. Example -- Current Basic on which PF contributions are made is Rs. 15000 = Employer’s contribution to PF is Rs. 1800. This method was applied last 6-7 years. Now both employer and employees (existing) would
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