SCOPE, WAIVER AND ALTERATION OF AGREEMENT (1) No agreement, alteration, understanding, variation, waiver or modification of any of the terms and conditions or covenants herein shall be made by any employee or group of employees with the Board unless executed in writing between the parties hereto and the same has been ratified by the Union and the Board. (2) The waiver of any breach or condition of this Agreement by either party shall not constitute a precedent in the future enforcement of the terms and conditions herein. (3) If any Article or Section of this Agreement or any supplement thereto should be held invalid by operation of law or by any tribunal of competent jurisdiction, or if compliance with or enforcement of any Article or Section should be restrained by such tribunal, the remainder of this Agreement and supplements shall not be affected thereby and the parties shall enter into immediate collective bargaining negotiations for the purpose of arriving at a mutually satisfactory replacement for such Article or Section.
ALTERATION OF TERMS 17 A. This Agreement, together with Exhibits A, B, and C attached hereto and incorporated herein, 18 fully expresses the complete understanding of COUNTY and CONTRACTOR with respect to the 19 subject matter of this Agreement. 20 B. Unless otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, no addition to, or alteration of the terms of 21 this Agreement or any Exhibits, whether written or verbal, made by the parties, their officers, employees 22 or agents shall be valid unless made in the form of a written amendment to this Agreement, which has 23 been formally approved and executed by both parties. 24
Construction of Agreement The parties mutually acknowledge that they and their attorneys have participated in the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement. In cases of uncertainty this Agreement shall be construed without regard to which of the parties caused the uncertainty to exist.