Legislation Act 2019

Interpretation and application of legislation - Revision Acts

61: Using old law as interpretation guide for revision Act

You could also call this:

"Using old laws to help understand new ones when they are not clear."

When you are trying to understand a part of a revision Act, but the meaning is not clear, you use the old law to help. The old law that corresponds to that part must be used to figure out what it means. If the meaning of the provision is unclear or does not make sense, you look at the old law to ascertain its meaning, similar to what is explained in the Legislation Act.

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"New law is written differently but works the same as the old law."


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Part 2Interpretation and application of legislation
Revision Acts

61Using old law as interpretation guide for revision Act

  1. If the meaning of a provision of a revision Act is unclear or gives rise to absurdity, the wording of the old law that corresponds to the provision must be used to ascertain the meaning of the provision.

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