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What effect would a Human Rights Charter have on domestic law? |
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The enactment of a Human Rights Charter could impose an obligation on Courts to interpret laws in accordance with the charter. It would empower the Court to identify inconsistent laws and declare them as incompatible with the charter. Parliament would then have to consider if it should be changed. This process does not disturb the power of Parliament to pass legislation, but it does make it more likely that Parliament would take human rights into account when making or changing laws.
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