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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. 1. All references in this Agreement to statutory provisions shall be construed as meaning and including references to: a. Any statutory modification, consolidation or re-enactment (whether before or after the date of this Agreement) for the time being in force; b. All statutory instruments or orders made pursuant to a statutory provision; and c. Any statutory provision of which these statutory provisions are a consolidation, re- enactment or modification. 2. Words denoting the singular shall include the plural and words denoting any gender shall include all genders.

Rules for Interpretation. Schedule 2 contains the rules for interpreting this Contract.

Rules for Interpretation. In this Contract unless the context indicates a contrary intention— (a) words denoting any gender include both genders (b) the singular number includes the plural and vice versa (c) references to any legislation includes any legislation which amends or replaces that legislation (d) a person includes their executors, administrators, successors, substitutes (for example, persons taking by novation) and assigns (e) a person includes companies and corporations and vice versa (f) except in the dictionary, headings do not affect the interpretation of this Contract (g) the construction least favourable to the party responsible for drafting the Contract will not be adopted against that party merely because that party put forward the first draft of this Contract (h) words in italics provide an explanation or example of the intended operation of the particular clause in question and may be used to resolve any dispute about that clause (i) amounts of money are expressed in Australian dollars unless otherwise expressly stated (j) a reference to a document includes any variation or replacement of it (k) a reference to any thing includes the whole or each part of it, and (l) if a day on or by which an obligation must be performed or an event must occur is not a Business Day, then the obligation must be performed or the event must occur on or by the next Business Day (m) where time is to be calculated by reference to a day or event, then that day or event is excluded (n) terms in bold in the Key Terms have the meaning shown opposite them except where the context otherwise requires, and

Rules for Interpretation. In the construction of this Deed and its recitals, unless the contrary intention appears:

Rules for Interpretation. In this agreement unless specified to the contrary: (a) the background, the schedules, the execution page and the annexures (if any) are each incorporated in and form part of this agreement; (b) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa; (c) a reference to a given gender includes all other genders; (d) other parts of speech and grammatical forms of a word or phrase defined in this agreement have a corresponding meaning; (e) words or phrases defined in the Corporations Act as at the date of this agreement have the corresponding meaning; (f) use of the word including and similar expressions are not, nor are they to be interpreted as, words of limitation; (g) a reference to a person includes a natural person, a company or other entities recognised by law; (h) a reference to any legislation or legislative provision includes any statutory modification or re-enactment of, or legislation or legislative provision substituted for, that legislation or legislative provision; (i) a reference to any governmental or statutory body includes any body which replaces, succeeds to the relevant powers and functions of, or which serves substantially the same purposes or objects as such body; (j) 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; (k) a reference to any thing is a reference to the whole or any part of it and a reference to a group of things or persons is a reference to any one or more of them; (l) a reference to writing includes any mode of reproducing words, figures or symbols in tangible and permanently visible form and includes fax transmission; (m) a reference to Australian dollars, dollars, $, A$, $A or AU$ is a reference to the lawful currency of the Commonwealth of Australia; (n) a reference to United States dollars or US$ is a reference to the lawful currency of the United States of America; (o) all references to parties are to the parties to this agreement; (p) a reference to a party includes the party’s executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns; (q) a reference to time is to local time in the capital city of the State; (r) if a period of time dates from a given day or the day of an act or event, it is to be calculated exclusive of that day; (s) if the time for performing an obligation under this agreement expires on a day which is not a Business Day, then time is extended until the...

Rules for Interpretation. In this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly stated: (a) words in the singular form include the plural form and vice versa, and words in one gender include any gender; (b) a reference to this Agreement shall include any of its Annexes, and references to Clauses and Annexes are references to clauses and Annexes of this Agreement; (c) a reference to a part of a document includes the authorized successors and assignees of such part; (d) references to any document or instrument shall include all changes and addenda, substitutions, modifications, consolidations and supplements to said document, except where stated otherwise; (e) references to any provision of law shall be construed as references to such provisions as subsequently amended, supplemented, consolidated or newly enacted, or their application as may be amended by other provisions, including any other provisions by which they come to be superseded (with or without changes) and any other orders, regulations and instruments of other subordinate laws, as enacted under applicable law; (f) the titles have been included solely for convenience and do not limit or affect the interpretation of this Agreement; and (g) no phrase introduced by the terms “including,” “includes,” “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed restrictively and shall not limit the meaning of the words preceding any such terms,

Rules for Interpretation. In this Agreement and any Grant Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears: all capitalised terms have the meaning given to them in the Definitions (clause 84); the Definitions apply to the whole of this Agreement and any Grant Agreement, including any Guidelines; words in the singular include the plural and vice versa; words importing a gender include all genders;

Rules for Interpretation. In this agreement, unless specified to the contrary: