Determining the purpose of Parliament in passing the legislation and adopting an interpretation of the words consistent with that purpose Answer 1 Choose... Rules aimed to establish what the law is trying to prevent and establishing what was the defect that the law did not provide for Answer 2 Choose... Determining words in their ordinary and natural self Answer 3 Choose... The exception to the literal rule, in that it adheres to the plain meaning of the words in the statute unless the meaning leads to absurdity, injustice or repugnancy