Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor - General may enter into an arrangement with the Governor of a State or the Administrator of a Territory for the performance by that State or Territory of a service in connexion with a service, matter or thing for which provision is made by or under this Part.
(2) An arrangement entered into under this section may provide for payments by the Commonwealth to the State or Territory in respect of capital expenditure or maintenance expenditure incurred by the State or Territory at the request of the Commonwealth in connexion with the service performed by the State or Territory.
(3) Any arrangement entered into under this section which provides for payments by the Commonwealth to a State or Territory in respect of expenditure referred to in subsection (2) shall provide for information to be supplied to the Minister by such persons, at such times and in such manner and form as the Minister requires.
(4) An arrangement entered into under this section shall provide:
(a) that property the cost of which, or part of the cost of which, has been paid by the Commonwealth to the State or Territory under the arrangement shall not, except with the approval of the Minister, be used otherwise than for the purpose for which the property was acquired; and
(b) for the indemnification of the Commonwealth:
(i) in the event of the acquisition by the Commonwealth of property the cost of which has been paid by the Commonwealth to the State or Territory under the arrangement--against payment by way of compensation for the acquisition of that property; and
(ii) in the event of the acquisition by the Commonwealth of property the cost of which was paid in part by the Commonwealth to the State or Territory under the arrangement--against payment by way of compensation proportionate to the cost so paid.