the number is to be preceded by or followed by a mathematical symbol, or a unit of measurement, currency or time; or the number represents an abstract mathematical concept such as an indexation factor; or the number is used in a date; or the number is used to indicate a number of penalty units. This means that the following uses of the numbers and are correct: “zero” “one” of the following”; “one one person is a child of another person”; “if least one application”; “at year/1 week/1 day”; “1 penalty unit”; “1 or “0%” “1%”; or “$0” “$1”; or “0'” “1'”; megalitres” or megalitre”; “0 “1 kilometres” or kilometre”; “0 “1 January 2009”. “1 If you are uncertain whether to use or consider using “zero” “0”, “nil”. Exception—cardinal numbers at the start of sentences or headings Cardinal numbers that start a sentence or provision heading should be expressed as words. For example, the following subsection is correct: (4) Two or more fees may be prescribed for the same matter. Ordinal numbers Ordinal numbers up to and including should be expressed as words. Ordinal “tenth” numbers above should be expressed using Arabic numerals (for example “tenth” “12th”). This means that the following uses of ordinal numbers are correct: first day of the month”; “the second of the following”; “the
the number is to be preceded by or followed by a mathematical symbol, or a unit of measurement, currency or time; or the number represents an abstract mathematical concept such as an indexation factor; or the number is used in a date; or the number is used to indicate a number of penalty units. This means that the following uses of the numbers “zero” and “one” are correct: “one of the following”; “if one person is a child of another person”; “at least one application”; “1 year/1 week/1 day”; “1 penalty unit”; “0%” or “1%”; “$0” or “$1”; “0'” or “1'”; “0 megalitres” or “1 megalitre”; “0 kilometres” or “1 kilometre”; “1 January 2009”. If you are uncertain whether to use “zero” or “0”, consider using “nil”. Exception—cardinal numbers at the start of sentences or headings Cardinal numbers that start a sentence or provision heading should be expressed as words. For example, the following subsection is correct: (4) Two or more fees may be prescribed for the same matter. Ordinal numbers Ordinal numbers up to and including “tenth” should be expressed as words. Ordinal numbers above “tenth” should be expressed using Arabic numerals (for example “12th”). This means that the following uses of ordinal numbers are correct: “the first day of the month”; “the second of the following”;
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