First Principles of Business Law
Quiz: The sources of law - legislation

Question 7

 

 

 

When a court wants to ascertain the relevant legislature’s intention at the time it enacted particular legislation, which one of the following statements best describes what the court is entitled to do? 

(a)  A court is entitled to take account of any information regarding the legislature’s intentions that can be found in the text of the legislation, such as the title, an objects clause, etc, but may not take account of information outside of the legislation.

(b)  A court is entitled to take account of any information regarding the legislature’s intentions that can be found in the text of the legislation, and of information in the relevant Minister’s second reading speech, but it cannot have regard to any other information outside of the legislation.

(c)   A court is entitled to take account of any information regarding the legislature’s intentions that can be found in the text of the legislation, and to a wide range of other ‘extrinsic’ evidence which may or may not include the relevant Minister’s second reading speech.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

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