Index

• Author: John Mark Keyes/Wendy Gordon
• Pages: 207-216



Index

Aboriginal Custom Adoption Recognition

Act, , n

Absurdity, in legislative meaning, ,

–, , n

Access to information Act, 

Accessibility, , –, , , ,

. See also Languages, natural

Accessible Canada Act, n

Advisers, legal, , –, –.

See also Counsel, legislative/

parliamentary

Alberta

drafting legislation in English and

French, , n

regulatory consultation portal,

n

Alberta Act , n

Ambiguity. See also Vagueness

avoidance of, , , –

identif‌ication and prevention of,

–, 

interpretation of, , –

lexical and syntactic forms of, ,

, 

occurring in multilingual legis-

lation, , 

problematic, as, 

Amendments

drafting process for, , –

provisions for, , , , , 

purpose and type of, , ,

–, 

restrictions on, 

Application, of legislation

constitutional elements aecting,

, 

diculties in, , , 

done uniformly according to its

terms, , 

importance of context in, –,

, 

inf‌luence of time on meaning,

–

input from non-judicial interpreters

on, 

presumptions for, –

prospectivity in, , 

provisions for, –

retroactivity in, , –

retrospectivity in, , –

Beauchesne’s Rules and Forms of the House

of Commons of Canada, n

Bijuralists, , , , 