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Aids to construction In addition to the three main rules of interpretation there are a number of secondary aids to construction. These can be categorised as either intrinsic or extrinsic in nature. • Intrinsic assistance is derived from the statute which is the object of interpretation; the judge using the full statute to understand the meaning of a particular part of it. • Extrinsic assistance, that is, reference to sources outside the Act itself, may, on occasion, be resorted to in determining the meaning of legislation; but which external sources manifest reports
DOI link for Aids to construction In addition to the three main rules of interpretation there are a number of secondary aids to construction. These can be categorised as either intrinsic or extrinsic in nature. • Intrinsic assistance is derived from the statute which is the object of interpretation; the judge using the full statute to understand the meaning of a particular part of it. • Extrinsic assistance, that is, reference to sources outside the Act itself, may, on occasion, be resorted to in determining the meaning of legislation; but which external sources manifest reports
Aids to construction In addition to the three main rules of interpretation there are a number of secondary aids to construction. These can be categorised as either intrinsic or extrinsic in nature. • Intrinsic assistance is derived from the statute which is the object of interpretation; the judge using the full statute to understand the meaning of a particular part of it. • Extrinsic assistance, that is, reference to sources outside the Act itself, may, on occasion, be resorted to in determining the meaning of legislation; but which external sources manifest reports
ABSTRACT
Lord Mackay: ...Much wider issues than the construction of the Finance Act 1976 have been raised in these appeals and for the first time this House has been asked to consider a detailed argument upon the extent to which reference
can properly be made before a court of law in the United Kingdom to proceedings in Parliament recorded in Hansard.
