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BENNION ON STATUTORY INTERPRETATION Fifth Edition Updating Notes (Version 24, 25 Mar 2010) 6. Index to Fifth Edition Updating Notes Note Except where the contrary appears the Index to Updating Notes uses the same wording as is used for entries in the Index to the fifth edition, www.francisbennion.com/2008/013/index. Occasionally a new entry is treated as added to the Index to the fifth edition, and this is stated below. absurdity ...................................................... 52 anomaly ..................................................... 53 artificiality ................................................. 53 counter-mischief [New entry, not in fifth edition] .................................................. 54 futility ........................................................ 53 impracticality ............................................ 52 inconvenience, avoidance of ..................... 53 meaning of ................................................ 52 academic point ............................................. 24 Act of Parliament fixed-time .................................................. 50 format [New entry, not in fifth edition] ..... 45 overriding effect of ................................... 26 act of state nature of .................................................... 27 advocate lay .............................................................. 23 agency ........................................................... 59 amendment to Act delegated legislation, by ............................ 29 missed consequential [New entry, not in fifth edition] .................................................. 29 reference to amended Act ......................... 29 textual ........................................................ 28 ancillary rules of law implied application of ............................... 55 anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) .......... 22 appeal right of ....................................................... 49 application of Act foreign elements within the territory, and . 31 non-resident Britons, to ............................. 32 principles governing .................................. 31 archaisms ..................................................... 62 assessor ......................................................... 32 Attorney General v Great Eastern Railway Co., rule in ......................................... 28, 36 Barras principle ........................................... 41 Bill, parliamentary legal status of ............................................ 26 Book, this nature of .................................................... 19 box principle ................................................ 51 Brown direction ........................................... 22 byelaws uncertainty, void for .................................. 28 www.francisbennion.com/5th-edn 72 canons of construction, linguistic nature of .................................................... 59 cause of action ............................................. 33 champerty ..................................................... 46 children welfare of .................................................. 37 common law abolition of common law rules by Act...... 26 presumption as to statutory alteration of ... 47 commonsense construction rule ................. 38 composite act or omission .......................... 32 composite expressions ................................. 61 consequential construction „beneficent‟ consequences of .................... 49 mandatory and directory provisions, and .. 20 consolidation Act Acts consolidating with amendments ....... 42 constitutional rights .................................... 25 construe, meaning of ................................... 19 consultation [New entry, not in fifth edition] .................................................................. 28 contemporanea expositio ....................... 43, 51 contract application of law of ................................. 56 correctness, presumption of ....................... 59 counter-intuitive readings .......................... 34 court adversarial system ..................................... 33 functus officio ........................................... 56 guidelines by ............................................. 24 criminal law mens rea .............................................. 55, 56 criminal procedure cautions [New entry, not in fifth edition] .. 22 sentencing ................................................. 36 Crown ambit of concept ....................................... 26 Crown Prosecution Service ........................ 22 cujus est solum ejus est usque ad coelum et ad inferos [New entry, not in fifth edition]31 de minimis non curat lex ............................. 58 decision-making rules implied application of ............................... 55 legitimate expectation ......................... 55, 63 declaration [New entry, not in fifth edition] 25 declaratory enactment ................................ 25 deeming ........................................................ 52
BENNION ON STATUTORY INTERPRETATION Fifth Edition Updating Notes (Version 24, 25 Mar 2010) definition, statutory clarifying ................................................... 39 enlarging ................................................... 39 potency of term defined ............................ 39 referential .................................................. 39 substantive effect, having .......................... 39 delegated legislation „as if in Act‟ .............................................. 27 Act, conflict with ...................................... 27 primary intention, rule of .......................... 28 devolution .................................................... 19 differential readings nature of .................................................... 24 direction ....................................................... 28 discretion judgment, distinguished from ................... 23 disjunctive use of ‘and’ [New entry, not in fifth edition] ............................................... 60 double jeopardy ........................................... 58 doubtful penalisation, principle against .... 48 nature of ............................................ 48, See physical restraint of the person ................. 48 drafting error presumption against .................................. 33 ejusdem generis principle general words followed by narrower term 62 elegant variation .......................................... 60 ellipsis (the Relevant Index entry should not be italicised) ................................................... 35 equity, rules of implied application of ............................... 56 estoppel executive ................................................... 42 general ....................................................... 56 in pais ........................................................ 57 European Community law member states' laws................................... 64 European Community Law UK law, effect of, on ................................. 64 European Convention on Human Rights Art 13 ........................................................ 64 Art 5 (liberty and security) ........................ 65 Art 6 (fair trial).......................................... 65 Art 9 (thought, conscience and religion) ... 66 First Protocol, Art 1 (protection of property) .............................................................. 66 proportionality........................................... 64 evasion of Act avoidance, distinguished from .................. 54 indirect ...................................................... 54 presumption against .................................. 54 repetitious acts, by .................................... 54 evidence admissibility of ......................................... 57 exceptions rule .......................................... 57 fresh .......................................................... 57 fresh evidence ........................................... 24 hearsay ...................................................... 57 without prejudice rule ............................... 58 examples primary legislation in ................................ 45 exclusionary rule, the control of its procedure by court and ........ 42 reasons for ................................................. 42 existence ....................................................... 61 expressio unius principle extending words and ................................. 63 nature of .................................................... 63 expressum facit cessare tacitum .................. 63 fact ascertainment of ........................................ 40 proof of ..................................................... 33 relevant and irrelevant .............................. 33 free-standing term ...................................... 61 functional construction delegated legislation and ........................... 44 generalia specialibus non derogant ............ 29 generalibus specialia derogant [incorrectly given in the Index as generalia specialia derogant] ............................... 60 golden rule ................................................... 19 government department Act, in charge of ....................................... 42 guidelines issued by .................................. 43 government departments official statements by [New entry, not in fifth edition] .......................................... 43 greater includes less .................................... 39 habeas corpus ............................................... 48 heading interpretation by reference to .................... 45 hendiadys ..................................................... 61 homonym ..................................................... 62 Human Rights Act 1998 „Convention, the‟, meaning of [New entry, not in fifth edition] ................................ 66 civil rights, meaning of [New entry, not in fifth edition] .......................................... 65 compatibility, ministers‟ statements of ..... 65 interpretation of ........................................ 66 ignorantia juris neminem excusat ............... 20 illegality fraud .......................................................... 46 www.francisbennion.com/5th-edn 73
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