How have extrinsic aids been interpreted in statutory analysis?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Langley (Township) v 0802881 BC Ltd., 2021 BCSC 2446 (CanLII):
It is well-settled under the modern approach to statutory interpretation that extrinsic aids have a role to play in statutory analysis. They can shed important informative light on the meaning of a term used by the governing body, or the purpose or intention of an impugned provision and its surrounding scheme: English v. Richmond (City), 2021 BCCA 442 at para. 81.
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