The principle of legality has limited application to statutory fishing rights and other statutory privileges, which are inherently liable to alteration by statute; the clear statement principle does not override ordinary statutory construction by reference to text, context and purpose, and does not require express words before delegated legislation may diminish statutory rights that do not fall within the canonical categories of fundamental common law rights and freedoms.
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