Section 129 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Payment for attendant care to claimant outside New Zealand
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129 Payment for attendant care to claimant outside New Zealand (1) The Corporation is liable to pay for attendant care for a claimant who is entitled to receive attendant care and who is outside New Zealand. (2) However, the Corporation is not required to pay for attendant care for longer than 28 days in each period during which the claimant is outside New Zealand. (3) The Corporation is liable to pay the amount that the claimant would have received if he or she had been in New Zealand during the period he or she is outside New Zealand. Compare: 1998 No 114 s 130 Subsection (2) was amended, as from 1 July 2005, by section 60(7) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45) by substituting the words “ is not required to ” for the words “ is not liable to ” .
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