Reach of Interpretation Act
Granville Hotel v ILGA [2023] NSWCA 248
Granville’s application to operate pokies late at night was rejected on the basis there were insufficient gaming ‘venues’ proximate to the hotel. The dispute turned solely on whether ‘venues’ in a guideline8 included the singular9. Granville argued it should.
Kirk JA (at [32]) accepted that the Interpretation Act applied to …