7Terms and conditions of employment

7 Terms and conditions of employment

(1) The terms and conditions of employment applying to a Covered Employee: (a) are the terms and conditions of employment set out in the Enterprise Agreement, as amended by this Instrument; and (b) are not any of the terms and conditions of employment set out in the APS Award. (2) The terms and conditions set out in the Enterprise Agreement (as applied by operation of subsection (1)) are amended as follows: (a) where the Enterprise Agreement uses the term "Agreement" to refer to the Enterprise Agreement, the reference to "Agreement" is a reference to the Enterprise Agreement as applied by this Instrument (unless context provides otherwise); (b) a reference in the Enterprise Agreement to "the Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet" is a reference to the Commissioner; (c) a reference in the Enterprise Agreement to "Secretary" is a reference to the Commissioner; (d) a reference in the Enterprise Agreement to "the Department of the Prime
Minster and Cabinet" or “PM&C” is a reference to the Defence and Veterans’
Services Commission (unless context provides otherwise); (e) a reference in the Enterprise Agreement to "Department" or "Departmental" is a reference to the Defence and Veterans’ Services Commission (unless

context provides otherwise); (f) a reference in the Enterprise Agreement to an "employee" is a reference to a Covered Employee (unless context provides otherwise); (g) a reference to “commencement of this Agreement” or "commencement of the
Agreement" is a reference to the commencement of this Instrument; (h) clause 4 of the Enterprise Agreement (which specifies the nominal expiry date of the Enterprise Agreement) is omitted; (i) clauses 11 – 16 of the Enterprise Agreement (which sets out the procedures
for individual flexibility arrangements) are omitted; (j) clause 18(a) and (b) of the Enterprise Agreement (which provides that the
base salaries in Attachment A of the Enterprise Agreement include a 4.0 per
cent increase from the first full pay period on or after 1 March 2024 (14
March 2024)) and 3.8 per cent from the first full pay period on or after 1
March 2025 (13 March 2025)) are omitted; (k) the sentence in clause 82 of the Enterprise Agreement (which provides for
payment of airline lounge membership fees for employees) stating
“Employees may also purchase a membership at PM&C's discounted
corporate rate.” is omitted. (l) the references to "PM&C Consultative Committee" in clauses 128, 342 and
369 of the Enterprise Agreement are omitted and substituted with "Defence
and Veterans’ Services Commission Consultative Committee, where one is
in place"; (m) Clause 414 of the Enterprise Agreement (which deals with the maintenance of disputes notified under the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Enterprise Agreement 2021-2024) is omitted.