MLL110 Lecture 7: Legal Principles Week 7
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Common law presumptions (these presumptions can be rebutted, and they may weigh (be weaker or stronger) depending on the day) *parlia(cid:373)e(cid:374)t does(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)terfere (cid:449)ith fundamental rights - if parliament is wanting to interfere with fundamental rights they will do it in very clear unambiguous language. *legislatio(cid:374) does(cid:374)"t operate retrospe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)el(cid:455) it operates looking forward, works only after implemented not to previous things (operates forward and not backwards). *if the court had used a word/phrase and the parliament passes a legislation with that particular word/phrase it means the parliament is adapting to the meaning the court has given it (reenactment). *legislatio(cid:374) does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e e(cid:454)traterritorial effe(cid:272)t -does(cid:374)"t operate outside the area of jurisdiction (eg: victorian law applies in victoria, commonwealth law applies to australia) *words are used consistently in legislation: the meaning of a word in section 1 and section. 100 are the same , (but they can use multiple words to describe the same thing example government entity for public authority ).