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HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2019 - SECT 48

Interpretation

48 Interpretation

(1) All statutory provisions must, to the extent possible that is consistent with their purpose, be interpreted in a way that is compatible with human rights.
(2) If a statutory provision can not be interpreted in a way that is compatible with human rights, the provision must, to the extent possible that is consistent with its purpose, be interpreted in a way that is most compatible with human rights.
(3) International law and the judgments of domestic, foreign and international courts and tribunals relevant to a human right may be considered in interpreting a statutory provision.
(4) This section does not affect the validity of—
(a) an Act or provision of an Act that is not compatible with human rights; or
(b) a statutory instrument or provision of a statutory instrument that is not compatible with human rights and is empowered to be so by the Act under which it is made.
(5) This section does not apply to a statutory provision the subject of an override declaration that is in force.



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