In this Agreement, and unless the context indicates a contrary intention:
- headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation
- ‘person’ includes an individual, the estate of an individual, a corporation, an authority, an association or a joint venture (whether incorporated or unincorporated), a partnership and a trust
- a reference to a party includes that party's executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns, including persons taking by way of novation
- a reference to a document (including this Agreement) is to that document as varied, novated, ratified or replaced from time to time
- a reference to a statute includes its delegated legislation and a reference to a statute or delegated legislation or a provision of either includes consolidations, amendments, re- enactments and replacements
- a word importing the singular includes the plural (and vice versa), and a word indicating a gender includes every other gender
- 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
- 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 and
- ‘includes’ in any form is not a word of limitation.
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