Aids to Statutory Interpretation

Question 1

What extrinsic aids are there?

Answer 1

Anything that isn’t found within a statute, including: Hansard, dictionaries at the time, case law at the time, Acts of Parliament at the time, historical setting at the time

Question 2

What intrinsic aids are there?

Answer 2

Examples, schedules, long title, short title, preamble, punctuation, marginal notes