Statutory Interpretation

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Across
  1. 2. all laws must be consistent with the rights contained in this Act (5,6,3)
  2. 5. this rule arises from Heydon's case
  3. 6. the man killed while "maintaining" a railway track
  4. 7. facts the law assumes to be true
  5. 8. the case in which the term "offer for sale" was given its contract law meaning (6,1,4
  6. 10. aids that are internal
  7. 12. judges look at the purpose for the introduction of the Act
Down
  1. 1. (7,7) general words are limited in meaning to the specific words that precede them
  2. 3. the court may depart from the literal rule to fix an ambiguity in the statute
  3. 4. the reports of Parliamentary debates on a Bill
  4. 9. also known as external aids
  5. 11. the rule that words must be given their plain, ordinary meaning