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StatuteInjury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001

Section 76 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Provision of rehabilitation before and after individual rehabilitation plan agreed

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76 Provision of rehabilitation before and after individual rehabilitation plan agreed (1) Before an individual rehabilitation plan for the claimant is agreed, the Corporation is liable to provide the claimant with— (a) social rehabilitation that the Corporation considers suitable for the claimant and necessary in the circumstances, having regard to the purpose in section 79 ; and (b) vocational rehabilitation that the Corporation considers suitable for the claimant and appropriate in the circumstances, having regard to the purpose in section 80 . (2) The Corporation may provide rehabilitation under subsection (1) before— (a) any assessment of the claimant is undertaken or completed for the purposes of this Part; or (b) starting or concluding its consideration of the matters specified in section 87(1) . (3) To avoid doubt, subsections (1) and (2) do not prevent the provision of treatment before an individual rehabilitation plan is agreed. (4) After an individual rehabilitation plan for the claimant is agreed, the Corporation is liable to provide the claimant with rehabilitation in accordance with the plan and Schedule 1 , but only to the extent that the Corporation has specified which services it will provide under the plan. Compare: 1998 No 114 Schedule 1 cl 29

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