Common use of Rules for Interpretation Clause in Contracts

Rules for Interpretation. In this Agreement: (a) references to a person includes an individual, a corporation and an unincorporated association, an authority, a partnership and a trust; (b) references to one gender include all other genders; (c) references to the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular; (d) references to a party includes that party’s successors and permitted assigns, including any person taking by way of novation; (e) references to a statute or to a statutory provision includes any modification, re- enactment or replacement of it; (f) references to cash includes cheque and bank cheque; (g) references to amounts of money, $, AU$ or AUD are expressed in Australian dollars unless otherwise expressly stated; (h) references to a month or a quarter means a calendar month or calendar quarter respectively; (i) references to any document or agreement (including this Agreem e nt) is to that document or agreement as amended, novated, varied or replaced from time to time; (j) headings are for convenience only and do not form part of this Agreement or affect its construction or interpretation; (k) the recitals form part of this Agreement; (l) the word “includes” in any form, is not a word of limitation; (m) where a word or phrase has a defined meaning under this Agreement, any other part of speech or grammatical form of that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning; (n) if any act, matter or thing is to be done is a day other than a Business Day, then that act, matter or thing will be done on the next Business Day; and (o) a provision of this Agreement must not be construed to the disadvantage of a party merely because that party was responsible for the preparation of this Agreement or the inclusion of the provision in this Agreement.

Rules for Interpretation. In this Agreement: (a) references to a person includes an individual, a corporation and an unincorporated association, an authority, a partnership and a trust; (b) references to one gender include all other genders; (c) references to the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular; (d) references to a party includes that party’s successors and permitted assigns, including any person taking by way of novation; (e) references to a statute or to a statutory provision includes any modification, re- re-enactment or replacement of it; (f) references to cash includes cheque and bank cheque; (g) references to amounts of money, $, AU$ or AUD are expressed in Australian dollars unless otherwise expressly stated; (h) references to a month or a quarter means a calendar month or calendar quarter respectively; (i) references to any document or agreement (including this Agreem e ntAgreement) is to that document or agreement as amended, novated, varied or replaced from time to time; (j) headings are for convenience only and do not form part of this Agreement or affect its construction or interpretation; (k) the recitals form part of this Agreement; (l) the word “includes” in any form, is not a word of limitation; (m) where a word or phrase has a defined meaning under this Agreement, any other part of speech or grammatical form of that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning; (n) if any act, matter or thing is to be done is a day other than a Business Day, then that act, matter or thing will be done on the next Business Day; and (o) a provision of this Agreement must not be construed to the disadvantage of a party merely because that party was responsible for the preparation of this Agreement or the inclusion of the provision in this Agreement.