Section 121 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Disentitlement during imprisonment
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121 Disentitlement during imprisonment (1) The Corporation must not provide any entitlements under Part 2 or Part 4 of Schedule 1 to a claimant in respect of any period during which the claimant is a prisoner in any prison. (2) The Corporation is not required to undertake any assessments or make any payments under Part 3 of Schedule 1 to a claimant while the claimant is a prisoner in any prison. (3) In this section, prisoner and prison have the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Corrections Act 2004 . Compare: 1998 No 114 s 122 Subsection (1) was amended, as from 11 May 2005, by section 60(6) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45) by substituting the words “ must not ” for the words “ is not liable to ” . Subsections (1) and (2) were amended, as from 1 June 2005, by section 206 Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50) by substituting the words “ a prisoner in any prison ” for the words “ an inmate in any penal institution ” . See clause 2 Corrections Act Commencement Order 2005 (SR 2005/52). Subsection (3) was substituted, as from 1 June 2005, by section 206 Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50). See clause 2 Corrections Act Commencement Order 2005 (SR 2005/52).
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