Chair
Fiona McKenzie, Barrister, Foley’s List
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Insights From a Legislative Drafter
Focus on how issues of statutory interpretation are considered by legislative drafters when formulating legislation.
- Consistency of language within the document and across the statute book
- Definitions and other interpretive tools: notes, examples, structure, headings, extrinsic materials
- Interpretation Acts and legal assumptions
- Issues relating to subordinate legislation
- How an Act interacts with common law: clear words of abrogation
Presented by Jayne Atkins, Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel
Presenters
Fiona McKenzie, Barrister, Foley’s List
Fiona McKenzie has practised as an administrative lawyer for most of her career. Initially at the Australian Government Solicitor's office in Melbourne, she then went to Blake Dawson, now Ashurst, before coming to the bar. Fiona has advised government and private clients on issues such as statutory interpretation, natural justice, judicial review applications and appeals from administrative decisions. She has appeared in tribunals and courts at the federal and state levels. Fiona has a Masters degree from the ANU and has published in the field of administrative law and human rights. Fiona runs training courses on administrative law, regulatory investigations, and decision writing to public servants and lawyers - she has a website with details of her training courses, online training videos, and occasional blogs on recent cases, at:: www.adminlaw.com.au
Jayne Atkins, Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel
Jayne has recently been appointed as Chief Parliamentary Counsel, effective 19 January this year. Prior to that she was Deputy Chief Parliamentary Counsel and Subordinate Legislation Manager from 2013 and the Subordinate Legislation Advisor and a Principal Parliamentary Counsel from September 2006. She joined the Office of Chief Parliamentary Counsel in March 1991 after 4 years at State Trustees as a solicitor and has 30 years' experience drafting Bills for Parliament and drafting, settling and advising on subordinate legislation.
