Section 182 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Objectives of sections 181 to 189

182 Objectives of sections 181 to 189 The objectives of sections 181 to 189 are to— (a) promote injury prevention and rehabilitation; and (b) reduce work-related personal injury claim costs and levies; and (c) provide benchmarks against which the extent and management of work-related personal injuries can be measured—

by allowing accredited employers (after consulting their employees or their employees' representatives, including any union registered under the Employment Relations Act 2000 that their employees belong to) to provide at their own cost entitlements in relation to work-related personal injuries suffered by their employees during a claim management period. Compare: 1998 No 114 s 326B