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While it's important to get legal advice, there are two things to bear in mind.

First, the meaning of a law can only be settled in the courts, strictly speaking. A legal opinion is a best effort, but it is an opinion, not a judgement.

Second, Parliament can amend any law it passes at will. And it has the power -- rarely but sometimes exercised -- to make its legislation retroactively effective.




Yeah, sure - at which point we change that blog post, inform our users. _NO_ jurisdiction is different in this regard - welcome to life.




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