550Reciprocal agreements—relevant services

550 Reciprocal agreements—relevant services (1) The Authority may enter into an agreement with a person or body that provides a relevant service under which provision is made by the Authority to meet its obligations under Division 7 of Part 5 of this Act or Division 2B of Part IV of the **Accident Compensation Act 1985** for the provision of a relevant service in Australia because of an injury caused to a worker arising out of or in the course of employment by making payments in respect of classes or groups of cases or claims rather than on an individual basis. (2) An agreement under subsection (1) made by the Authority with a person or body— (a) must include an agreement by the Authority to make to that person or body payments in respect of the reasonable costs of that person or body for providing the service in accordance with a scale of payments specified in the agreement; and (b) must include an agreement by that person or body that the person or body will not make a demand to a person other than the Authority for payment of the whole or any part of costs in respect of which the Authority has agreed to make payments; and (c) is subject to such other terms and conditions including terms and conditions relating to revocation as the Authority determines and specifies in the agreement. (3) Where a person with whom an agreement referred to in subsection (1) is in force provides services in respect of an injury and the Authority is, under the agreement, liable to make payments in respect of those services, no person other than the Authority is liable to make payment to the first-mentioned person in respect of those services except as provided in accordance with subsection (4). (4) An agreement referred to in subsection (1) between the Authority and a hospital may include an agreement that if, in accordance with a request made by or on behalf of a person, the hospital provides in respect of a person hospital services in respect of which the Authority is not, under the agreement, liable to make payments, the hospital may make demand to that person for payment of an amount not exceeding an amount calculated in accordance with provisions specified in the agreement and that person is liable to pay the amount demanded by the hospital. (5) Where an agreement under this section is made or revoked, notice of the making or revocation of the agreement must be published on the Authority's internet site. (6) In this section ***relevant service*** means an ambulance service, hospital service, medical service, nursing service or personal and household service.