Section Sch1-4 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Corporation's prior agreement to treatment required, except in certain cases

4 Corporation's prior agreement to treatment required, except in certain cases (1) The Corporation is not required to pay the costs of a claimant's treatment unless the Corporation has given its prior agreement to the treatment. (2) However, subclause (1) does not apply if the treatment is— (a) acute treatment; or (b) a public health acute service; or (c) of a type specified in regulations made under this Act as treatment that does not require the Corporation's prior approval; or (d) of a type specified in or under an agreement or contract between the Corporation and a treatment provider as treatment that does not require the Corporation's prior approval, and the treatment is to be provided by the treatment provider. (3) In deciding whether to give its prior agreement to treatment, the Corporation— (a) must take into account the matters in clause 2(1)(a) to (e) ; and (b) may make its agreement subject to prior compliance with any requirements relating to those matters. Compare: 1998 No 114 Schedule 1 cl 3 Subclause (1) was 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 ” .