Section 227 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Application and source of funds

227 Application and source of funds (1) The purpose of the Non-Earners' Account is to finance entitlements provided under this Act in respect of personal injury (other than motor vehicle injury or treatment injury) to non-earners. (2) The funds for the Non-Earners' Account are to be derived from appropriations by Parliament to the Non-Earners' Account. (3) The funds in the Non-Earners' Account must be applied to meet the costs of— (a) entitlements in respect of non-earners who have cover for personal injury (other than motor vehicle injury or treatment injury); and (b) entitlements in respect of employees of foreign representatives who suffer work-related personal injury in their employment with that foreign representative; and (c) entitlements required to be funded in accordance with section 228(2)(b) ; and (d) entitlements that are required to be provided in accordance with Part 11 in respect of persons whose entitlements would have been provided from the Non-Earner's Account under the Accident Insurance Act 1998; and (e) administering the Account; and (f) any other expenditure authorised by this Act. (4) The Minister may direct the Corporation to repay to the Crown any surplus funds held in the Non-Earners' Account. (5) This section is not limited by any provision in the Crown Entities Act 2004 . Compare: 1998 No 114 s 290 Subsections (1) and (3) were amended, as from 1 July 2005, by section 39 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45) by substituting the word “ treatment ” for the words “ medical misadventure ” . Subsection (4) was substituted, as from 25 January 2005, by section 200 Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115). Subsection (5) was inserted, as from 25 January 2005, by section 200 Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).