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newspaper that is ordinarily published on each day other than—
             (a) a Saturday or a Sunday; or
             (b) a public holiday or bank holiday in the place where the newspaper is published,
         whether or not the newspaper is ordinarily published on days of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);"; and
     (e) by inserting after the definition of "regulations" the following definition:
         "'relevant Act' means an Act that is a relevant Act for the purposes of this Act;".

138. After section 11 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

References to persons, things and matters
"11a. (1) Express references in a relevant Act to companies, corporations or bodies corporate shall not be taken to imply that references in the relevant Act to persons do not also include references to companies, corporations or bodies corporate.
"(2) Except so far as the contrary intention appears, a provision of a relevant Act shall be interpreted in such a manner that any 2 or more references

in the provision are capable of having the same referent or referents, or of having a referent or referents in common, as the case requires.
"(3) In sub-section (2), 'referent', in relation to a reference in a provision, means—
     (a) in so far as the reference is interpreted as being in the singular number—a person, thing or matter to which; or
     (b) in so far as the reference is interpreted as being in the plural number—any one of 2 or more persons, things or matters to which,
the reference is taken, in the application of the provision, to refer.
"(4) The amendments of provisions (in this sub-section referred to as the 'relevant provisions') of relevant Acts made by section 5, sub-sections 8 (2) and 32 (2), sections 33 and 56, sub-section 166 (2), and section 167, of the Companies and Securities Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1985—
     (a) are for the avoidance of doubt;
     (b) shall not be taken to affect by implication the interpretation of the relevant provisions as in force at any time before the commencement of those sections and sub-sections; and
     (c) shall be disregarded in determining, for the purposes of the application of sub-section (2) of this section in relation to a provision of a relevant Act, the extent (if any) to which there appears a contrary intention within the meaning of the last-mentioned sub-section.".

References to writing, printing and documents
139. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by inserting in sub-paragraph (c) (i) "figures," before "symbols"; and
     (b) by omitting sub-paragraph (c) (ii) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
         "(ii) a disk, tape or other article, or any material, from which sounds, images, writings or messages are capable