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Industrial Relations Act 1984
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### 85 Awards and registered agreements prevail
> [*\[Section 85 Substituted by No. 18 of 1997, s. 41, Applied:28 Jun 1997\]*](/view/html/inforce/1997-06-28/act-1997-018#GS41@EN)
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> > (1) Any provision of an award or a registered agreement that is inconsistent with a provision of a contract of service prevails over the latter provision to the extent of that inconsistency.
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> > (2) Any provision of a contract of service that is inconsistent with a provision of an award or a registered agreement is to be construed and has effect as if it were modified to conform to the provision of that award or registered agreement.
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> > (3) Any provision of a contract of service that provides for any conditions of employment that are more favourable than those provided by an award or a registered agreement is not inconsistent only because of that fact.