快速查题-ACCA英国注册会计师试题

 Which of the following statements concerning the principle of binding precedent is NOT correct? 

Which TWO of the following are stages that a Bill passes through before becoming legislation? 

(1) Report stage  

(2) Committee stage  

(3) Fourth reading  

(4) Approval stage 

Some statutory instruments require a resolution of Parliament to come into effect, but others must be laid before Parliament for a particular period of time before coming in effect. 

How many days must statutory instruments be laid before Parliament before coming into effect? 

Which rule or approach to statutory interpretation considers what the legislation is trying to achieve? 

Presumptions of statutory interpretation provide judges with rules to use when interpreting legislation.  

Which of the following statements in relation to the presumptions of statutory interpretation is correct? 

Which of the following is an extrinsic aid to statutory interpretation? 

Which TWO of the following statements in relation to the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on legislation are correct? 

(1) All new primary legislation must be compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights  

(2) The courts may strike out secondary legislation that is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights  

(3) Courts must interpret legislation in such a way that is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights  

(4) Under the Human Rights Act 1998, courts are not required to take the decisions of the European Court of Justice when making their decisions 

 Obiter dicta form part of the ratio decidendi. 

 In 2010, Mr Justice Jeffries, a High Court judge sitting alone, is deciding a case which has similar material facts to one decided by the Court of Appeal in 1910. He can decline to be bound by this decision by showing that 

Overruling a decision of a lower court affects the outcome of that earlier decision.