21Reciprocal arrangements

21 Reciprocal arrangements

(1)  The Minister, at the request of the company, may make a reciprocal arrangement relating to any long service matter in the construction industry as requested by the company with a Minister responsible for the administration of a corresponding law.

(2)  The company must pay to a corresponding body an amount equal to the amount that bears the same proportion to the amount paid to a person as the period of service in the construction industry in Tasmania bears to the total period of service in respect of which the payment was made if –

(a) the person has been paid a long service leave payment by the corresponding body under a corresponding law; and

(b) the payment is either wholly or partly in respect of a period of service in the construction industry in Tasmania; and

(c) the Minister has entered into a reciprocal arrangement with the Minister responsible for administering that corresponding law.

(3)  A payment by the company under subsection (2) is subject to any terms and conditions specified in the reciprocal arrangement.