Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsThe object of this Act is to provide for the entitlements to long service leave and long service benefits for construction workers through a scheme that:
(a) recognises the particular circumstances of the construction industry and construction workers in the Territory;
(b) allows, through intergovernmental agreements:
(i) credits accrued under the scheme to be recognised by a similar scheme of a State; and
(ii) credits that were accrued under such a similar scheme to be recognised by the scheme; and
(c) is funded primarily by a levy on construction work carried out in the Territory.