If you had a contract to get paid by cheque before 17 November 1964, it still applies. This contract will work as it was originally agreed, even if it does not follow the rules of the Wages Protection Act 1983. You will still get paid according to what the contract says.
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Any contract for the payment of wages by cheque, draft, or order in writing for the payment of money to the bearer on demand drawn on any bank, made before 17 November 1964 shall continue to have effect according to its tenor notwithstanding the provisions of this Act.
