Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel THE LOOPHOLE October 2015 (Issue No. 2 of 2015) The Loophole – October 2015 THE LOOPHOLE—Journal of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel Issue No. 2 of 2015 Editor in Chief John Mark Keyes Editorial Board Bethea Christian, Therese Perera, Bilika Simamba CALC Council President Peter Quiggin, First Parliamentary Counsel, Commonwealth of Australia Vice President Katy LeRoy, Parliamentary Counsel, New Zealand Secretary Ross Carter, Parliamentary Counsel, New Zealand Treasurer John Mark Keyes, Sessional Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada Council Members Estelle Appiah, Legislative Drafting Consultant, Ghana Bethea Christian, Legislative Counsel, Cayman Islands Don Colagiuri (Parliamentary Counsel, New South Wales, Australia) Philippe Hallée (Chief Legislative Counsel, Canada) Adrian Hogarth, Senior Parliamentary Counsel, Law Commission of England and Wales Theresa Johnson, Queensland Parliamentary Counsel, Queensland, Australia Brenda King, First Legislative Counsel for Northern Ireland Therese R. Perera, P.C., Specialist in Legislation and Legislative Drafting/ Retired Legal Draftsman, Colombo, Sri Lanka Editorial Policies The Loophole is a journal for the publication of articles on drafting, legal, procedural and management issues relating to the preparation and enactment of legislation. It features articles presented at its bi-annual conferences. CALC members and others interested in legislative topics are also encouraged to submit articles for publication. Submissions should be no more than 8,000 words (including footnotes) and be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words. They should be formatted in MSWord or similar compatible word processing software. Submissions and other correspondence about The Loophole should be addressed to — John Mark Keyes, Editor in Chief, The Loophole, E-mail:
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