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eId="section-4-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the proposal must be one which, after taking any relevant enactment or rule of law into account, could be given legal effect as a contract if accepted.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Any such offer may be addressed—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-4-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>to a specific person,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>to persons of a particular description,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>to persons in general, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-2-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>to the public at large.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Subsections <ref href="#section-4-1">(1)</ref> and <ref href="#section-4-2">(2)</ref> are without prejudice to the application of any 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