Section 26: Enabling words
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26. Enabling words
Where an enactment confers on a person the power to do or enforce the
doing of any act or thing, that person shall be deemed to have every power
that is reasonably necessary to enable him to do or enforce the doing of the
act or thing and in particular—
(a) to control or regulate by way of licensing or prohibition;
(b) to grant a licence, permit, authority, approval or exemption, subject to conditions;
(c) to give directions in the form of prohibitions.
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Questions this section answers
- If a law gives someone the power to regulate something, does that include the power to require a licence?