The interpretation act chapter 1:01 is the first statute in the statute books.

This is
because all the acts that follow about 400of them should be interpreted according
to the rules laid out in it. The objectives of the interpretation act are provided for in
the long title. The act does not tell judges how to interpret statutes nor does it
provide for the common law rules of interpretation that we have been studying up
to this point. It does however codify recent developments in the common law rules
of interpretation. An example is section 15 (b) which codifies the position with
regard to the use of extrinsic material reached in the case of Paper v Hutt. S.
every act would ordinarily contain its own definition section but the definitions in
the act are generic. Section 2 provides for application of the act, section 3 deals
with definitions. In the event of there being a conflict between a definition in the act
and a definition of the same term in another act then the one in the other act
prevails in accordance with the principle that the specific derogates from the
general.
Interesting definitions to note include that of African, Christian name; and so
according to the definition of an African American would they fall under it. Section 6
and 7 which relates to the status of internal aids to interpretation. Section 9 is a
new addition amended in 2004, it used to be that statutes would only be addressed
to men. In 2004 we then have this section added.
Section 12Section 14 description of area by ref to official diagram.
Section 16
Section 20
Section 22
The highway code is an example of a standard publication
Section 24
Section 28Section 33- time and distance subsection 2
Section 34
Section 40
Section 41