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In order to avoid the problems of having to list all possible contingencies, legislation may use words designed to cover several possibilities. It is possible that the Parliamentary Counsel who drafted the original Bill may have made an error which has not been noticed by Parliament; this is particularly likely to occur where the Bill is amended several times while going through Parliament. ‘Interpretation’ really means making out the meaning of the words, while ‘construction’ is what happens when judges resolve any ambiguities or uncertainties. Once an interpretation has been laid down, it may then form a precedent for future cases under the normal rules of judicial precedent. ‘In interpreting an act of parliament it is proper, and indeed necessary, to have regard to the state of affairs existing, and known by parliament to be existing, at the time.
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