86Minister may enter into reciprocal agreement

86 Minister may enter into reciprocal agreement (1) The Minister may enter into an agreement with a Minister of a State if: (a) the Minister of the State is responsible for administering a law that establishes a scheme that relates to long service leave for construction workers (the reciprocal scheme); and (b) the agreement makes provision for the mutual recognition of matters arising from the Scheme and from the reciprocal scheme. (2) Without limiting subsection (1)(b), the agreement may make provision about: (a) the payments of amounts: (i) by the Board to a person or body (the reciprocal authority) for the reciprocal authority's recognition of all or part of the qualifying service of a registered worker; or (ii) by the reciprocal authority to the Board for the Board's recognition of a period of service (including a period before the commencement of this Act) credited to a registered worker under the reciprocal scheme; or (b) the exchange of information between the Board and the reciprocal authority; or

Construction Industry Long Service Leave and Benefits Act 2005 53 (c) any other matters relating to long service leave for construction workers as the Minister thinks necessary or convenient. (3) After entering into the agreement, the Minister must, by notice in the Gazette: (a) state that the Minister has entered into the agreement; and (b) declare that the agreement is a reciprocal agreement for this Act.