8Derived rights and agency

8 Derived rights and agency For this Act— (a) a person claims through someone else in relation to any property or right if the person is entitled to the property or a right by, through, under or by the act of the other person, but a person entitled to property or a right because of an appointment under a special power of appointment does not, because of the appointment, claim the property or right through the appointor; and (b) a thing done to or by or suffered by an agent is done to or by or suffered by the agent’s principal.