Common use of General Rules of Interpretation Clause in Contracts

General Rules of Interpretation. In this agreement headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation and, unless the contrary intention appears: (a) an obligation or a liability assumed by 2 or more persons binds them jointly and severally and a right conferred on 2 or more persons benefits them jointly and severally; (b) a word importing the singular includes the plural and vice versa, and a word of any gender includes the corresponding words of any other gender; (c) the word including or any other form of that word is not a word of limitation; (d) if a word or phrase is given a defined meaning, any other part of speech or grammatical form of that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning; (e) a reference to a person includes an individual, the estate of an individual, a corporation, an authority, an association or parties in a joint venture, a partnership and a trust; (f) a reference to a party includes that party's executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns, including persons taking by way of novation and, in the case of a trustee, includes any substituted or additional trustee; (g) a reference to a document (including this agreement) is to that document as varied, novated, ratified or replaced from time to time; (h) a reference to a party, clause, schedule, exhibit, attachment or annexure is a reference to a party, clause, schedule, exhibit, attachment or annexure to or of this agreement, and a reference to this agreement includes all schedules, exhibits, attachments and annexures to it; (i) a reference to an agency or body if that agency or body ceases to exist or is reconstituted, renamed or replaced or has its powers or function removed (obsolete body), means the agency or body which performs most closely the functions of the obsolete body; (j) a reference to a statute includes any regulations or other instruments made under it (delegated legislation) and a reference to a statute or delegated legislation or a provision of either includes consolidations, amendments, re-enactments and replacements; (k) a reference to $ or dollar is to United States Dollars and any conversion of United States Dollars to or from Australian Dollars or Canadian Dollars will use the conversion rate then in effect on 16 October 2009, as set out in Schedule 1A;and (l) this agreement must not be construed adversely to a party just because that party prepared it or caused it to be prepared.

General Rules of Interpretation. In this agreement headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation and, unless the contrary intention appears: (a) an obligation or a liability assumed by 2 or more persons binds them jointly and severally and a right conferred on 2 or more persons benefits them jointly and severally; (b) a word importing the singular includes the plural and vice versa, and a word of any gender includes the corresponding words of any other gender; (cb) the word including or any other form of that word is not a word of limitation; (dc) if a word or phrase is given a defined meaning, any other part of speech or grammatical form of that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning; (ed) a reference to a person includes an individual, the estate of an individual, a corporation, an authoritya Regulatory Authority, an incorporated or unincorporated association or parties in a joint venture, a partnership and a trust; (fe) a reference to a party includes that party's ’s executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns, including persons taking by way of novation and, in the case of a trustee, includes any substituted or additional trustee; (gf) a reference to a document (including this agreement) or a provision of a document is to that document or provision as varied, novated, ratified or replaced from time to time; (g) a reference to this agreement is to this agreement as varied, novated, ratified or replaced from time to time; (h) a reference to an agency or body; if that agency or body ceases to exist or is reconstituted, renamed or replaced or has its powers or function removed (obsolete body), means the agency or body which performs most closely the functions of the obsolete body; (i) a reference to a party, clause, schedule, exhibit, attachment or annexure is a reference to a party, clause, schedule, exhibit, attachment or annexure to or of this agreement, and a reference to this agreement includes all schedules, exhibits, attachments and annexures to it; (i) a reference to an agency or body if that agency or body ceases to exist or is reconstituted, renamed or replaced or has its powers or function removed (obsolete body), means the agency or body which performs most closely the functions of the obsolete body; (j) a reference to a statute includes any regulations or other instruments made under it (delegated legislation) and a reference to a statute or delegated legislation or a provision of either includes consolidations, amendments, re-enactments and replacements; (k) a reference to $ or dollar is to United States Dollars and any conversion of United States Dollars to or from Australian Dollars or Canadian Dollars will use the conversion rate then in effect on 16 October 2009, as set out in Schedule 1A;andcurrency; and (l) this agreement must not be construed adversely to a party just because that party prepared it or caused it to be prepared.