Index

• Author: Ruth Sullivan
• Pages: 397-407

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Aborigin al law, 251–58

Aborigin al languages, use, 96

band councils, 3

delegated legisl ation, 8

general ly, 251–52

interpretat ion, 252–58

Aborigin al legislation, 254–55

generally applic able legislation,

255– 56

legislation a ffecting Aborigina l

right s, 256–58

treaties, 252–54

Absolute liabil ity offences, 240

Absurdity, 51, 212–22. See also Con-

sequential analysis

avoiding, 54, 221–22

reading dow n, 290, 293

drafti ng errors, 302

implausible inter pretations to avoid,

294, 295–98

labelling consequences, 212–16

obsolescence and, 125

resp onding to, 216 –21

Academic comment ary. See Scholarly

interpretat ion

Acts. See Stat utes

Admini strative interpret ation, 283–84

guidelines, 11–12, 52

Administrative law, 11

Ambiguit y

Aboriginal treat ies, 252

avo idi ng, 17

consequential analysis, 216

contextual analysis, 51, 226

def‌ined, 47, 288

penal provi sions, 229–30

policy analy sis, 225

purposive an alysis, 185, 201, 202

tax legisl ation, 246–47

Amendment of legi slation, 24–25. See

also Legisl ation

amending Act s, 7–8, 24–25

amending prov isions, 8

interpretat ion distinguished , 290

judicial amendment , 290–94

reading in, 291–94

partia l re-enactment, 23–24

Application of legi slation, 341–78. See

also Legisl ation

temporal applicat ion, 342–71. See

also Temporal applicat ion

def‌initions and distinctions,

344–49

exampl es, 352–54

immediat e application, 361–62

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