Common use of Operation of the Agreement Clause in Contracts

Operation of the Agreement. 4.1 This Agreement is comprehensive and provides the terms and conditions of employment of employees covered by this Agreement, other than terms and conditions applying under applicable legislation. 4.2 This includes: (a) Workplace Relations Act 1996 (WR Act); (b) Public Sector Management Act 1994 (PSM Act); (c) Public Sector Management Standards (PSM Standards); (d) Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989 (OHS Act); and (e) Holidays Act 1958 (Holidays Act). 4.3 This Agreement constitutes a closed agreement in settlement of all claims for its duration. Therefore, during the life of this Agreement, there will be no further claims that affect the provisions of this Agreement, except where these claims are consistent with the terms of this Agreement. 4.4 This Agreement excludes the protected award conditions (as defined in the WR Act, as amended from time to time) that are about, or incidental to, protected award conditions within any award (as varied from time to time) applying to employment in the Agency. 4.5 This Agreement prevails over the Holidays Act, the PSM Act and the PSM Standards to the extent of any inconsistency. 4.6 To maintain the integrity of the agreement reached between the parties, the parties agree to meet and consult if an event occurs that makes a clause of this Agreement unenforceable, or undermines the operation of a clause of this Agreement, or otherwise changes the intention of the parties to this Agreement.