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INTERPRETATION ACT 1987 - SECT 8

Gender and number

8 Gender and number

In any Act or instrument--

(a) a word or expression that indicates one or more particular genders shall be taken to indicate every other gender,
(b) a reference to a word or expression in the singular form includes a reference to the word or expression in the plural form,
(c) a reference to a word or expression in the plural form includes a reference to the word or expression in the singular form,
(d) a reference to a person does not exclude a reference to a corporation merely because elsewhere in the Act or instrument there is particular reference to a corporation (in whatever terms expressed), and
(e) a reference to a person does not exclude a reference to an individual merely because elsewhere in the Act or instrument there is particular reference to an individual (in whatever terms expressed).



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