definiens: means calendar month and means 12 months ; ( t ) includes any communication sent by letter, facsimile transmission or email ; ( g ) a reference to any statute, proclamation, rule, regulation or ordinance includes any amendment, consolidation, modification, re - enactment or reprint of it or any statute, proclamation, rule, regulation or ordinance replacing it . A reference to a specified section, clause, paragraph, schedule or item of any statute, proclamation, rule, regulation or ordinance means a reference to the equivalent section of the statute, proclamation, rule, regulation or ordinance which is for the time being in force ; ( h ) and similar expressions are not words of limitation ; and ( h ) A reference to any agency or body, if that agency or body ceases to exist or is reconstituted, renamed or replaced or has its powers or functions removed ( defunct body ), means the agency or body which performs most closely the functions of the defunct body