Shah v Barnet London Borough Council and other appeals [1983] 2 AC 309 – Education Act 1962.
- statutory interpretation – literal or purposive - meaning of “ordinary resident”.
1) words in statute to be given their natural and ordinary meaning.
2) judges may not interpret statutes in the light of their own views as to policy.
- they may adopt a purposive interpretation only if the statute read as a whole, or material they are permitted by law to refer as aids to interpretation, contain an expression of Parliament’s purpose or policy.
3) relevant period for determining student’s “ordinary residence” is not the future but that between date of commencement of his course and date of arrival in UK.
4) not permissible, in the absence of a reference by one statute to another, to interpret an earlier Act by reference to a later Act.
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