Foreword

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Notes

¹‘Towards a Grand Theory of Interpretation: The Case of Statutes and Contracts’ (2003) 24(2) Statute Law Review, at 95, 97.

²The Interpretation of Statutes (Law Com No 21) (Scot Law Com No 11).

³At para 4.

⁶See Chapters VII and VIII.

⁴The Preparation of Legislation, May 1975.

⁵At para 7.6.

⁸United Kingdom, Parliamentary Debates, House of Lords, 15 December 1982, col 617.

⁷At para 10.13.

⁹See its reports Plain English and the Law published in June 1987 and Access to the Law: The Structure and Format of Legislation published in 1990.

¹⁰‘Some Implications of Plain Language Drafting (2001) 22(3), 175.

¹¹At 175.

¹²(1979–80) 2 EHRR 245.

¹³Details about available courses can be found on the website of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel at http://www.opc.gov.au/calc/training.htm.