General Conditions of Contract

2. Interpretation

2.1

The Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and each party hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

2.2      

Clause headings are for ease of reference only and shall not be taken into account in the construction or interpretation of the Contract.

2.3      

References in these Conditions to a clause, schedule, paragraph or part of a schedule are references where the context so admits to a clause, schedule, paragraph or part of a schedule to these Conditions.

2.4      

References in the Contract to any statutes or statutory instruments shall include and refer to any statute or statutory instrument amending consolidating or replacing them respectively from time to time and for the time being in force and reference (whether general or specific) to any legislation shall include (unless the context otherwise requires) reference to all notices, directions, orders, regulations, bye‑laws, rules or conditions already or hereafter to be made under or in pursuance of or deriving effect from any such legislation.

2.5    

Words in the Contract of the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa and words denoting natural persons shall include corporations and vice versa.

2.6   

Words importing the singular meaning shall where the context so admits include the plural meaning and vice versa.

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