To ensure you and your agency comply with the law it is important to understand the key principles for reading and interpreting legislation.

1. Where would you find the Objectives of an Act?

2. What are some of the language conventions and expressions used in an Act?

3. What are the reading rules applied to interpreting legislation?

4. Why would legislative index and history information be examined?

5. Briefly explain the term "express mention of one thing to the exclusion of another" in the context of reading and interpreting legislation.

6. Briefly explain the term "words interpreted through their connection with other words" in the context of reading and interpreting legislation

7. Briefly explain the term "words with the same meaning" in the context of reading and interpreting legislation.

8. What are the consequences if there are ambiguous term(s) (patent ambiguity) inserted into a contract?