Common use of Interpretation and General Clause in Contracts

Interpretation and General. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:- (a) a reference to any legislation or legislative provision includes any statutory modification or re- enactment of, or legislative provision substituted for, and any subordinate legislation issued under, that legislation or legislative provision; (b) a reference to writing includes printing, typing, lithography and other modes of reproducing words in a visible form including but not limited to email; (c) the singular includes the plural and vice versa; (d) a reference to an individual or person includes a corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, authority, trust and vice versa; (e) a reference to any gender includes all genders; (f) a reference to a recital, clause, Schedule, annexure or exhibit is to a recital, clause, Schedule, annexure, or exhibit of or to this Agreement; (g) a reference to any agreement or document is to that agreement or document (and, where applicable, any of its provisions) as amended, novated, supplemented or replaced from time to time; (h) a reference to any Party to this Agreement, or any other document or arrangement, includes that Party’s executors, administrators, substitutes, successors and assigns; (i) any reference to money or dollars is to Australian currency unless otherwise stated in the Charter Agreement or the Accepted Quotation, as the case may be; (j) where an expression is defined anywhere in this Agreement, it has the same meaning throughout, unless the context otherwise requires; (k) the use of the word “including” does not limit anything else that might be included; (l) 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; (m) if an act must be done on a specified day which is not a Business Day, it must be done instead on the next Business Day; (n) any reference to time in this Agreement will be of the essence, unless otherwise provided; (o) every covenant, agreement or obligation expressed or implied in this Agreement by which two or more persons covenant, agree or are bound binds those persons jointly and each of them severally and every provision expressed or implied in this Agreement which applies to two or more persons applies to those persons jointly and each of them severally; and (p) headings in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are to be disregarded in the interpretation of this Agreement.