“…l seek to avoid an interpretation which gives rise to absurd or anomalous consequences. In Project Blue Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2018] UKSC 30, [2018] 1 WLR 3169, Lord Hodge noted at paragraph 31 that “it is without question a legitimate method of purposive statutory construction that one should seek to avoid absurd or …”
“…literal meaning may be tested against its consequences so that absurd results are avoided: Project Blue Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2018] UKSC 30, [2018] 1 WLR 3169 at [31], [42] and [110].…”