Drafters’ Aims and Constraints On The Drafter The drafters who are preparing new legislation to implement policies decided upon by Government usually endeavour to draft it in terms which are as direct, logical and clear as their skill and expertise can ensure. But their primary aims are to be certain and unambiguous. Legislative Counsel must do their best to ensure that – the intentions of the policy-makers are exactly met; and as far as possible, both those general policy aims and the particular applications of the new policy are realised. In principle, counsel should choose language that admits of no doubt as to what is demanded. That is far from easy. Indeed, it is impossible to eliminate all doubt and attempts to do so may lead to excessive detail and only complicate the legislation. In some instances, it is sensible to use expressions that deliberately leave issues of exact meaning to, e.g. the courts that have to apply the legislation to unpredictable fact situations. Const...
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