Section 36 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Date on which person is to be regarded as suffering mental injury

36 Date on which person is to be regarded as suffering mental injury (1) The date on which a person suffers mental injury in the circumstances described in section 21 or 21B is the date on which the person first receives treatment for that mental injury as that mental injury. (2) The date on which a person suffers mental injury because of physical injuries suffered by the person is the date on which the physical injuries are suffered. (3) In subsection (1) , treatment means treatment of a type that the person is entitled to under this Act or a former Act. (4) This section does not apply for the purposes of clause 55 of Schedule 1. Compare: 1998 No 114 s 44 Section 36(1): amended, on 1 October 2008, by section 12 of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 46).