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SIFA 4.5 Interpreting the handbook

SIFA 4.5.1G

Every provision in the Handbook must be interpreted with its purpose in mind (GEN 2.2). The purpose of any provision in the Handbook is to be gathered first and foremost from the text of the provision in question and its context among other relevant provisions.