Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Subject to the
Interpretation Act 1984 , these regulations must be interpreted in
accordance with the following rules of interpretation, unless the contrary
intention appears —
(a) a
reference in these regulations to a contract or another instrument includes a
reference to any amendment, variation or replacement of it;
(b) a
reference to a person includes a reference to the person’s executors,
administrators, successors, substitutes (including, without limitation,
persons taking by novation) and assigns;
(c) if
an event must occur on a day which is not a business day then the event must
occur on the next business day;
(d) the
symbol “Σ” requires a summation to be performed over the
range of variables specified in respect of the algebraic terms specified;
(e) all
data which is to be utilised in calculations made under these regulations is
to be utilised to the accuracy, in terms of a number of decimal places, to
which it is given in these regulations;
(f) all
indices are to be calculated to 3 decimal places;
(g) the
calculation of a charge or fee is to be performed to the nearest cent;
(h) any
other calculation shall be performed to the accuracy, in terms of a number of
decimal places, determined by a corporation in respect of all users;
(i)
if examples of a particular kind of conduct, thing or
condition are introduced by the word “including”, then the
examples are not to be taken as limiting the interpretation of that kind of
conduct, thing or condition;
(j) a
connection is a user’s connection or a connection of a user if it is the
subject of a distribution access agreement or a transmission access agreement
between the user and a corporation; and
(k) a
reference to a half hour is a reference to a 30 minute period ending on the
hour or on the half hour and, when identified by a time, means the 30 minute
period ending at that time.
[Regulation 4 amended in Gazette
31 Mar 2006 p. 1317.]