Environment committee  It would be part of the act; it's part of the bill. The purpose is to further clarify what it is the bill is seeking to do. It says it's to ensure that it contributes fully, not to ensure that these aims are actually achieved, so it's more aspirational.

Environment committee  You would return to that clause to see what the purpose of the bill is. What is the bill attempting to do? Does the later clause in conflict or that seems to have some sort of ambiguity follow that particular purpose? The bill would be read as a whole. It's an aid to determine wh

Environment committee  It always depends on the context in which the ambiguity would arise. You would actually have to see an ambiguity or a vagueness in the context in order to go back to the purpose clause. It is very difficult to answer that question in the abstract. You need a concrete example.