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StatuteInjury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001

Section Sch1-15 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Child care

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15 Child care (1) In deciding whether to provide or contribute to the cost of child care, the Corporation must have regard to— (a) any rehabilitation outcome that would be achieved by providing it; and (b) the number of the claimant's children and their need for child care; and (c) the extent to which child care was provided by other household family members before the claimant's personal injury; and (d) the extent to which other household family members or other family members might reasonably be expected to provide child care services after the claimant's personal injury; and (e) the need to avoid substantial disruption to the employment or other activities of the household family members. (2) The Corporation is not required to provide child care under this clause if it provides child care for the child under clause 76 . (3) The Corporation is not required to provide child care for a child to the extent that the child is being provided with attendant care, education support, or training for independence. (4) The Corporation is not required to pay for child care to the extent that child care continues to be provided after a claimant's personal injury by a person— (a) who lives in the claimant's home or lived in the claimant's home immediately before the claimant suffered his or her personal injury; and (b) who provided child care before the claimant suffered his or her personal injury. Compare: 1998 No 114 Schedule 1 cl 45 Subclauses (2) to (4) 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 ” .

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