48. Scope of the interpretative obligation.

In reading legislation¹ in a way which is compatible with the Convention rights² the courts have not always taken the same approach³. The House of Lords has held that judges cannot overrule decisions which the language of the statute shows have been taken on the very point at issue by the legislator⁴, but have also held that the mere fact that the language under consideration is inconsistent with a Convention-compliant meaning does not of itself make a Convention-compliant interpretation impossible⁵ and have gone beyond using interpretative techniques and, in effect, rewritten the provision in question⁶. The court is not