Section 131 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Advances of compensation and grants

131 Advances of compensation and grants (1) Except as provided in this section, section 123(2)(b) , and clause 67 of Schedule 1, the Corporation must not pay any compensation, grant, or allowance in advance. (2) The Corporation may pay weekly compensation or a survivor's grant without the full details necessary to support the relevant claim if— (a) details of earnings of any person are not available, and their unavailability is not due to the fault of that person; or (b) a person is missing and the Corporation is satisfied— (i) that the person is probably dead; and (ii) that the presumed death occurred in circumstances in which the person is likely to have cover under this Act. (3) If weekly compensation or a grant is paid under this section in circumstances in which it is subsequently found that it was not properly payable, section 248 applies to any amount not properly paid. (4) If weekly compensation is paid in advance under this section, the maximum amount that may be paid as weekly compensation is the amount that would be payable if the person on whose earnings the compensation is to be based had weekly earnings as determined under clause 42(3) of Schedule 1. Compare: 1998 No 114 s 317