Section Sch1-7 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Preparation of individual rehabilitation plan

7 Preparation of individual rehabilitation plan (1) The Corporation must provide information to the claimant about— (a) the rehabilitation to which the claimant may be entitled; and (b) the plan development process; and (c) the claimant's right to have a representative involved in the preparation of the plan; and (d) in relation to a plan that will include vocational rehabilitation, the Corporation's right to require the claimant to undergo an assessment of his or her vocational independence at the completion of the vocational rehabilitation, and the potential consequences of such an assessment; and (e) the consequences of the claimant's agreeing to the plan. (2) The Corporation may engage a suitably qualified person or organisation to— (a) assist in the assessment and preparation and costing of a plan; and (b) provide a link between the claimant and the services identified in the plan. (3) The following persons must be given an opportunity to participate in the preparation and costing of the plan to the extent that they are willing and able to do so: (a) the claimant: (b) any medical practitioner providing treatment to the claimant: (c) any employer or potential employer of the claimant. (4) The Corporation is liable to meet the costs of preparing the plan, including the costs of any assessment that it has approved as necessary to enable the preparation of a plan. (5) In this clause, services includes the key aspects of social rehabilitation, as defined in section 81 . Compare: 1998 No 114 Schedule 1 cl 31 Subclause (3)(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.