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Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 1989
228Purposive interpretation of standards
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#### 228 Purposive interpretation of standards
Objects of this Part
(1) In interpreting an accounting standard made or formulated by the AASB, a construction that would promote the objects of this Part is to be preferred to a construction that would not promote those objects.
> Note: Section 224 states the main objects of this Part.
Purposes or objects of particular standard
(2) In interpreting an accounting standard made or formulated by the AASB, a construction that would promote a purpose or object of the standard (to the extent to which it is not inconsistent with the objects of this Part) is to be preferred to a construction that would not promote that purpose or object. This is so even if the purpose or object is not expressly stated in the standard.