Unless the contrary intention appears, any expression used in this agreement which is defined in the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 ("the Act"), shall have the same meaning as in the Act and any reference to an Act shall include any amendment to such Act.

Any reference to the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and any reference to any gender shall include the other gender and further unless inconsistent with the context:

'Affected  parties'

means the Applicant, Company  involved, the employees and their trade union representatives and any party opposing the application.

'Act'

means the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995.

'BCCEI'

means the Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry.

'CIRBF'

means the Construction Industry Retirement Benefit Fund.

'Committee'

means the Independent Exemptions Committee.

'Consultation'

means a joint consensus seeking process.

'IAB'

means the Independent Appeal Board.

'Office'

means the BCCEI administration.

'Scheduled employee'

means an employee whose task grade is reflected in the Wage and Task Grade Collective Agreement.