According to Higgins J

question 79

Multiple Choice

According to Higgins J.in Amalgamated Society of Engineers v the Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd (1920) 28 CLR 129:

• A)The fundamental rule of interpretation is that a statute should be read according to the conventions of society at that time.
• B)The intention of parliament in making legislation is irrelevant to interpretation of that legislation.
• C)The question is not what the language of a statute means but rather what we think parliament intended it to mean.
• D)The language of a statute must be interpreted according to its ordinary and natural sense even where the result may be inconvenient, impolitic or improbable.

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