Section Sch1-18 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Modifications to home: matters to which Corporation must have regard

18 Modifications to home: matters to which Corporation must have regard (1) In deciding whether to provide or contribute to the cost of modifications to the home, the Corporation must have regard to— (a) any rehabilitation outcome that would be achieved by providing them; and (b) the difficulties faced by the claimant in doing the following without the proposed modifications: (i) gaining access to his or her home: (ii) enjoying reasonable freedom of movement in his or her home: (iii) living independently in his or her home; and (c) the likely duration of the claimant's residence in the home; and (d) the cost, and the relevant benefit, to the claimant of the proposed modifications; and (e) if the home is not owned by the claimant, whether the owner agrees to the modifications being done; and (f) the likely cost of reasonable alternative living arrangements; and (g) the likely duration of the limitations arising from the personal injury for which the claimant has cover. (2) For the purposes of subclause (1)(b)(iii) , the assessment of whether a claimant is living independently is not affected by whether the claimant lives with others. Compare: 1998 No 114 Schedule 1 cl 47