55Arrangements with other States and Territories

#### 55 Arrangements with other States and Territories 55 Arrangements with other States and Territories > > (1) For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may from time to time enter into an agreement, containing reciprocal arrangements with respect to the matters specified in subsection (2), with the Minister charged with administering the law of a State (other than New South Wales), or a Territory, of the Commonwealth which provides for making payments of long service benefits to persons engaged in the building and construction industry in that State or Territory. > > > (2) The matters referred to in subsection (1) are— > > > > > (a) the payment of long service benefits to workers engaged in the building and construction industry, > > > > > (b) the exchange of information concerning credits and entitlements to such payments between the Corporation and any authority established in the other State or the Territory concerned which has functions similar to those of the Corporation, and > > > > > (c) such other matters relating to the payment of long service benefits to such workers as the Ministers may wish to agree to. > > > (3) An agreement entered into under subsection (1) may be varied or revoked by agreement of the Ministers concerned. > > > (4) (Repealed) > > **s 55:** Subst 1986 No 149, Sch 4. Am 1998 No 33, Sch 2 \[7\].