BENNION ON STATUTORY INTERPRETATION ... - Francis Bennion
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<strong>BENNI<strong>ON</strong></strong> <strong>ON</strong> <strong>STATUTORY</strong> INTERPRETATI<strong>ON</strong><br />
Fifth Edition Updating Notes (Version 24, 25 Mar 2010)<br />
Section 81. Amendment by delegated legislation<br />
Page 294 Relevant Index entry: amendment to Act:delegated legislation, by<br />
Lord Bingham of Cornhill said that recognition of Parliament‟s primary law making role<br />
requires the narrow approach indicated on p. 294: R v Secretary of State for the Environment,<br />
Transport and the Regions, ex p Spath Holme Limited [2001] 2 AC 349 at 382. See also<br />
Traynor & Anor, Re Judicial Review [2007] ScotCS CSOH_78 at [8].<br />
Section 82. Consequential amendment<br />
Pages 296-297 Relevant Index entry: amendment to Act:missed consequential [New entry, not in<br />
fifth edition]<br />
For an example of a missed consequential see Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Stringer<br />
and others [2009] UKHL 31, [2009] 4 All ER 1205, at [28].<br />
Section 83. References to an amended enactment<br />
Page 298 Relevant Index entry: amendment to Act:reference to amended Act<br />
Code s 83 was discussed by the Federal Court of Australia in Austereo Limited v Trade<br />
Practices Commission [1993] FCA 301 at [39].<br />
Section 85. Meaning of ‘repeal’<br />
Page 300 Relevant Index entry: repeal:nature of<br />
Code s 85 has been approved in Australia: R v Abdul Haque Omarjee [1995] VSC 94 at [46].<br />
Section 87. Implied repeal<br />
Page 304 Relevant Index entry: repeal:implied<br />
(1) The first two sentences of the Comment on Code s 87 were followed in R (on the<br />
application of Secretary Of State For Home Department) v Burke [1998] EWHC Admin 913 at<br />
[4]. (2) Regarding the sentence before Example 87.1 beginning „The possibility of implied<br />
repeal goes wider . . .‟ Buxton LJ said in relation to the reference to anomaly: „No authority is<br />
cited for the latter proposition and I am unable to act on it‟: O’Byrne v Secretary of State for<br />
Environment, Transport & Regions & Anor [1996] EWCA Civ 499 at paragraph 26. In view of<br />
this dictum the reference to anomaly should be treated as withdrawn.<br />
Page 305 Relevant Index entry: repeal:implied<br />
The Court of Appeal followed what is said on p. 305 regarding the presumption against implied<br />
repeal in Henry Boot Construction (UK) Ltd v Malmaison Hotel Ltd [2000] EWCA Civ 175.<br />
Substitution To substitute a new provision for an existing provision is by implication expressly<br />
to repeal the existing provision: R v Abdul Haque Omarjee [1995] VSC 94 [Australia].<br />
Section 88. Generalia specialibus non derogant<br />
Page 306 Relevant Index entry: generalia specialibus non derogant<br />
Henry LJ applied Code s 88 in Hyde Park Residence Ltd v Secretary For Environment,<br />
Transport & Regions & Anor [2000] EWCA Civ 13 at [31]. See also Re McE, Re M , Re C and<br />
another [2009] UKHL 5, [2009] 4 All ER 335, at [98].<br />
For a mistaken use of this maxim, corrected by the High Court of Australia, see Project Blue<br />
Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; 194 CLR 355; 153 ALR 490; 72<br />
ALJR 841, at [78]-[81].<br />
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