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A105 Subject to the provisions of Article A1 and the present Appendix,the IPA shall apply to all Writers, Story Editors and StoryConsultants contracted by any Producer who is bound to thisAgreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Producerfrom freely obtaining the services of a Writer, Story Editor orStory Consultant who may not be a member of the Guild in whichcase, s/he will be treated as a non-member under the terms of thisAgreement. The rates, terms and conditions for such Writer orStory Editor shall not be less than those provided in thisAgreement.A106 a) Writer / Regular Employee ProvisionsA Writer who regularly binds himself to one or several producersby way of engagement contracts pertaining to specified writingservices is deemed to be a Writer covered by the IPA and not to bea Regular Employee.A Regular Employee, who is not an artist under the Status of theArtists Act, is an individual hired under an employment contract(verbal or written) for an indefinite period on a permanent basisand for whom deductions under Income Tax laws are duly made.A Regular Employee whose duties include writing and who isregularly engaged in creative aspects of production is not coveredby this Agreement.The recognition procedure attached hereto as theEmployee Status Procedure” shall apply.“RegularWhere a Regular Employee(s) and a Writer(s) are working on thesame Script Material, it is agreed that the Producer will contractthe Writer(s) for the applicable Script Material as provided inArticles C109, C308, C408, C507, C607, and C705 of the IPA.The Production Fee shall be paid to credited Writers as perArticles A1109 and C1005 of this Agreement and in any event theWriter shall not receive less than his/her share of the ProductionFee. In any case where the Producer claims the Regular Employeeand the Writer are working as a Team on Script Material, theagreement of the parties and the Guild will be sought prior to218