Contract Variation Policy

Version 5.0 approved 27 July 2022

The Contract Variation Policy (PDF 338KB) provides direction on the management, approval and recording of a contract variation, in the event of an addition or alteration to the original contract.

Variations may be proposed by either party and may refer to adding, removing or changing an
existing contract provision.

Applicability

This policy applies to all employees and contracted staff of SA Health; that is all employees and
contracted staff of the Department for Health and Wellbeing, Local Health Networks (including statewide services aligned with those Networks), SA Ambulance Service and the attached offices of
Preventive Health SA and The Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health (CEIH).

This Policy does not apply to exercising extension options permitted within the terms of the original
contract.