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@article{Dharmananda2014OutsideTT,
  title={Outside the Text: Inside the use of Extrinsic Materials in Statutory Interpretation},
  author={Jacinta Dharmananda},
  journal={Federal Law Review},
  year={2014},
  volume={42},
  pages={333 - 356},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:220285163}
}

When s 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) was enacted over 30 years ago, its purpose was to establish clear and particular rules about when extrinsic materials could be used in the interpretation of Commonwealth legislation. Accordingly, s 15AB stipulates three threshold tests, at least one of which must be satisfied before extrinsic materials can be considered as an aid to interpretation. However, developments in the common law since that enactment have largely overtaken the… 

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