THE LOOPHOLE
February 2017 (Issue No. 1 of 2017)
THE LOOPHOLE—Journal of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel
Issue No. 1 of 2017
Editor in Chief John Mark Keyes
Editorial Board Bethea Christian, Therese Perera, Bilika Simamba
CALC Council
President Peter Quiggin, First Parliamentary Counsel, Commonwealth of Australia
Vice President Katy LeRoy, Parliamentary Counsel, New Zealand
Secretary Ross Carter, Parliamentary Counsel, New Zealand
Treasurer John Mark Keyes, Sessional Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada
Council Members
Estelle Appiah, Legislative Drafting Consultant, Ghana
Bethea Christian, Legislative Counsel, Cayman Islands
Don Colagiuri, Parliamentary Counsel, New South Wales, Australia
Philippe Hallée, Director, Legal Operations, Privy Council Office, Canada
Adrian Hogarth, Senior Parliamentary Counsel, Law Commission of England and Wales
Theresa Johnson, Law Draftsman, Hong Kong
Brenda King, First Legislative Counsel for Northern Ireland
Therese R. Perera, P.C., Specialist in Legislation and Legislative Drafting/ Retired Legal Draftsman, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Editorial Policies
The Loophole is a journal for the publication of articles on drafting, legal, procedural and management issues relating to the preparation and enactment of legislation. It features articles presented at its bi-annual conferences. CALC members and others interested in legislative topics are also encouraged to submit articles for publication.
Submissions should be no more than 8,000 words (including footnotes) and be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words. They should be formatted in MSWord or similar compatible word processing software.
Submissions and other correspondence about The Loophole should be addressed to —
John Mark Keyes, Editor in Chief, The Loophole,
E-mail: calc.loophole@gmail.com
Copyright
All rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted without the permission of the holders of the copyrights. Unless otherwise stated, copyright is held by the authors of the published material. This restriction does not apply to transmission to CALC members or to reproduction for that purpose.
Disclaimer
The views expressed in the articles contained in this issue are those of the contributors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the CALC Council.
Contents
Editor’s Notes 1
Upcoming Conferences 3
Catalogue of Loopholes and CALC Newsletters —New Edition 4
Magdalene Starke and Nick Horn 4
Legislative Counsel Facilitating Consultation within Government 6
Rebecca Considine 6
Definitions – A Powerful Tool for Keeping and Effective Statute Book 15
Louise Finucane 15
Good Law: How Does It Contribute to the Effectiveness of Legislation? 33
Hayley Rogers 33
The Frailties of Hansard Evidence Are Many: The Use of House of Assembly Debates in Nova Scotia Courts 40
Graham Steele 40
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