This Act establishes the BSWAT payment scheme, which is a scheme for making payments in relation to use of the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool.

A person must make an application before 1   December 2017 if the person wants a payment under the BSWAT payment scheme. Applications can only be made on or after 1   May 2017 by persons already registered for the scheme.

The Secretary must determine an application, by making an offer to make a payment to the person (if satisfied the person is eligible for the scheme), or by refusing the application (if satisfied the person is not eligible, or if the payment amount is nil) .

A person who is not satisfied with the Secretary ' s determination may request a review of it, and this might result in a change to the determination and a new offer or refusal.

A person may accept an offer made to the person, or not, as the person wishes.

If the person accepts the offer:

  (a)   the Secretary will make the payment to the person; and

  (b)   by force of this Act, the person will cease to have certain legal rights.

If the person does not accept the offer, the Secretary will not make the payment to the person and the legal rights that would cease on acceptance continue unchanged.

Offers will be made before 1   September 2018 . While there might be some new offers after this date arising from reviews, all acceptances must be lodged by 31   December 2018 .

Nominees appointed by the Secretary, at the request of a person or on the Secretary's own initiative, may act for a person in relation to the scheme.