Section Sch1-13 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Aids and appliances

13 Aids and appliances (1) In deciding whether to provide or contribute to the cost of an aid or appliance, the Corporation must have regard to— (a) any rehabilitation outcome that would be achieved by providing it; and (b) whether a claimant has a prescription for the aid or appliance from a medical practitioner who holds appropriate qualifications to the satisfaction of the Corporation. (2) The Corporation is not required to provide an artificial aid in the nature of an implant, unless the implant is implanted in the course of a surgical procedure approved by the Corporation. (3) The Corporation is not required to provide any aid or appliance, if a claimant already— (a) owns an aid or appliance that has, at the time at which the Corporation is making its decision, a similar function to the aid or appliance for which the claimant has lodged a claim; or (b) possesses such an aid or appliance on permanent loan from any person or organisation, including a hospital and health service,— unless, in either case, the aid or appliance, because of its age or condition, is unsuitable to assist in restoring the claimant to independence. (4) The Corporation is not required to provide any aid or appliance, if the claimant has, after suffering the personal injury, disposed of an aid or appliance that, at the time of disposal,— (a) had a similar function to the aid or appliance for which the claimant has lodged a claim; and (b) was still suitable for that function. (5) The Corporation is not required to meet any costs of— (a) maintaining, repairing, or replacing any aid or appliance; or (b) replacing any consumable items used in association with any aid or appliance,—

if the costs have been incurred because the claimant has neglected, abused, or misused the aid or appliance (6) The Corporation may provide an aid or appliance by way of approving its hire by the claimant for a term it approves, if that hire is a cost effective alternative to the purchase of the aid or appliance. (7) If the claimant pays for any aid or appliance approved by the Corporation, the Corporation is liable to reimburse the claimant at the same rate that the Corporation normally purchases the aid or appliance, but may deduct any subsidy payable by a funder under the Health and Disability Services Act 1993 for that aid or appliance. Compare: 1998 No 114 Schedule 1 cl 42 Subclause (1)(b) was amended, as from 18 September 2004, by section 175(1) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48) by omitting the word “ registered ” . See sections 178 to 227 of that Act as to the transitional provisions. Subclauses (2) to (5) were amended, as from 1 July 2005, by section 60(1) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45) by substituting the words “ is not required to ” for the words “ is not liable to ” .