Lord Steyn, in "R v A", noted that it may be necessary under section 3 to "adopt an interpretation which linguistically may appear strained" and that a declaration of incomparability was a "measure of last resort".
Lord Steyn, in R v A ", has said" the interpretative obligation under section 3 of the 1998 Act is a strong one. He further noted that it may be necessary under section 3 to "adopt an interpretation which linguistically may appear strained" and that a declaration of incomparability was a "measure of last resort".