# Agricultural Wages Act 1948, Section 11: Avoidance of agreements in contravention of this Act and saving for other agreements, &c.

Extent: E+W

(1) Any such agreement as the following shall be void, that is to say,—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) an agreement as to holidays that is inconsistent with a direction of the Board in that behalf, or for abstaining from exercising the right to holidays conferred by any such direction.
(c) any term or condition of a contract of employment that is inconsistent with a term or condition of employment fixed by an order of the Board under this Act or any agreement for abstaining from enforcing a term or condition so fixed.
(2) Nothing in this Act shall prejudice the operation of an agreement or custom for the payment of wages at a rate higher than the minimum rate fixed under this Act or an agreement or custom as to holidays that is not inconsistent with a direction of the Board in that behalf or a term or condition of a contract of employment that is not inconsistent with a term or condition so fixed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/47/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-wages-act-1948/section-11
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