Section 20 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Cover for personal injury suffered in New Zealand (except mental injury caused by certain criminal acts or work-related mental injury)

20 Cover for personal injury suffered in New Zealand (except mental injury caused by certain criminal acts or work-related mental injury) (1) A person has cover for a personal injury if— (a) he or she suffers the personal injury in New Zealand on or after 1 April 2002; and (b) the personal injury is any of the kinds of injuries described in section 26(1)(a) or (b) or (c) or (e) ; and (c) the personal injury is described in any of the paragraphs in subsection (2) . (2) Subsection (1)(c) applies to— (a) personal injury caused by an accident to the person: (b) personal injury that is treatment injury suffered by the person: (c) treatment injury in circumstances described in section 32(7) : (d) personal injury that is a consequence of treatment given to the person for another personal injury for which the person has cover: (e) personal injury caused by a work-related gradual process, disease, or infection suffered by the person: (f) personal injury caused by a gradual process, disease, or infection that is treatment injury suffered by the person: (g) personal injury caused by a gradual process, disease, or infection consequential on personal injury suffered by the person for which the person has cover: (h) personal injury caused by a gradual process, disease, or infection consequential on treatment given to the person for personal injury for which the person has cover: (i) personal injury that is a cardio-vascular or cerebrovascular episode that is treatment injury suffered by the person: (j) personal injury that is a cardio-vascular or cerebro-vascular episode that is personal injury suffered by the person to which section 28(3) applies. (3) Subsections (1) and (2) are subject to the following qualifications: (a) section 23 denies cover to some persons otherwise potentially within the scope of subsection (1) : (b) section 24 denies cover to some persons otherwise potentially within the scope of subsections (1) and (2)(e) . (4) A person who suffers personal injury that is mental injury in circumstances described in section 21 has cover under section 21 , but not under this section. Compare: 1998 No 114 s 39 Section 20 heading: amended, on 1 October 2008, by section 5(1) of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 46). Subsection (2)(b) was substituted, as from 1 July 2005, by section 7(1) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45). Subsection (2)(c) was substituted, as from 1 July 2005, by section 7(2) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45). Subsection (2)(d) was substituted, as from 1 July 2005, by section 7(3) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45). Subsection (2)(f) was substituted, as from 1 July 2005, by section 7(4) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45). Subsection (2)(i) was substituted, as from 1 July 2005, by section 7(5) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45). Section 20(3)(b): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 5(2) of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 46).