Paragraphs 1 to 3 explain how the entries in Part II are to be construed. Reference should also to be made to paragraph 5 of Part III as to how references to the subject matter of an enactment are to be construed.
Paragraph 1 provides that the matters to which any of the Sections in Part II “apply” are reserved matters.
Paragraph 2 defines what paragraph 1 means by “apply” by providing that a Section “applies” to any matter described or referred to in it when read with any illustrations, exceptions or interpretation provisions in that Section.
Paragraph 3 provides that any illustrations, exceptions or interpretation provisions in a Section relate only to that particular Section.  It provides specifically, as an example, that an entry under the heading “Exceptions” applies only to the matters listed in that Section and does not affect any other Section.  The effect is that, even though a matter is excepted from one Section, it could be reserved at least in part by another.
TABLE OF RESERVED MATTERS Part II: Preliminary paragraphs