LEGISLATION ACT 2001 - SECT 160 References to people generally
LEGISLATION ACT 2001 - SECT 160
References to people generally(1) In an Act or statutory instrument, a reference to a "person" generally includes a reference to a corporation as well as an individual.
(2) Subsection (1) is not displaced only because there is an express reference to either an individual or a corporation elsewhere in the Act or statutory instrument.
Examples—references to a person generally
1 another person
2 anyone else
3 party
4 someone else
5 employer
Examples—express references to a corporation
1 body corporate
2 company
Examples—express references to an individual
1 adult
2 child
3 spouse
4 driver
(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the operation of section 6.
Note Section 6 deals with the displacement of a provision of this Act.