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Chapter 20: The scheme and components of an Act

Chapter 20: The scheme and components of an Act

pp. 295-312

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, La Trobe University, Victoria, , University of Western Australia, Perth,
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Summary

[20.1] Chapter 13 explained how Acts are structured, identified their various components (such as preambles, titles, headings and examples) and explained whether each component is treated as part of the Act. This chapter deals with the role that those components play for interpretative purposes, whether treated as part of the Act or not. Collectively the components help explain the scheme of the Act.

Keywords

  • The Scheme and Components of an Act
  • components of an Act
  • scheme of an act
  • preamble
  • objects clause
  • interpretative aid
  • interpretative process
  • punctuation
  • definitions

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