Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 263 — Prevention of personal injury
263 Prevention of personal injury (1) A primary function of the Corporation is to promote measures to reduce the incidence and severity of personal injury, including measures that— (a) create…
Section 264 — Money expended or received for injury prevention to be managed through Accounts
264 Money expended or received for injury prevention to be managed through Accounts All money received by the Corporation for injury prevention purposes under section 263(3)(b) and (c) , and the…
Section 265 — Ancillary powers of Corporation
265 Ancillary powers of Corporation (1) The Corporation may provide services, in addition to services required to be provided under this Act, on a commercial basis, but only if— (a) the service is…
Section 266 — Provisions relating to Crown entity subsidiaries
266 Provisions relating to Crown entity subsidiaries (1) A Crown entity subsidiary formed by the Corporation must be wholly owned by the Corporation. (2) The principal objective of a Crown entity…
Section 267 — Board of Corporation
267 Board of Corporation (1) The Board of the Corporation consists of not more than 8 members appointed by the Minister under section 28(1)(a) of the Crown Entities Act 2004 . (2) A person is not…
Section 268 — Protection of names “ Accident Compensation Corporation ” and “ Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation ”
268 Protection of names “ Accident Compensation Corporation ” and “ Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation ” (1) No company or other body may be incorporated or registered…
Section 269 — Further provisions applying to Corporation
269 Further provisions applying to Corporation The provisions set out in Schedule 5 apply in relation to the Corporation (but, unless specified, not any Crown entity subsidiary of the Corporation).…
Section 270 — Corporation to comply with Government policy
270 Corporation to comply with Government policy [Repealed] Subsection (4)(b) was amended, as from 22 October 2003, by section 8 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No…
Section 271 — Service agreements between Corporation and Minister
271 Service agreements between Corporation and Minister (1) In this section, year means a period of 12 months commencing on 1 July in any year and ending with the close of 30 June in the next year.…
Section 272 — Statement of intent
272 Statement of intent (1) The Corporation must prepare a statement of intent in accordance with this section and Part 4 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 . (2) In addition to the matters set out in…
Section 273 — Provision of financial information
273 Provision of financial information (1) The Minister of Finance may from time to time, by written notice, require the Corporation to supply to that Minister or such other person or class of…
Section 274 — Management of Accounts
274 Management of Accounts (1) The Corporation must ensure that revenue and expenditure relating to each Account is received, applied, and accounted for separately. (2) Except as otherwise authorised…
Section 275 — Investments
275 Investments (1) Subject to any policy direction under section 103 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 , the Corporation must invest, in the same manner as if it were a trustee, all money received by…
Section 276 — Power to borrow, etc
276 Power to borrow, etc (1) The Corporation may borrow money, give security, and issue guarantees and indemnities in accordance with procedures approved by the Minister of Finance. (2) Without…
Section 277 — Loans and grants to Corporation
277 Loans and grants to Corporation [Repealed] Section 277 was repealed, as from 25 January 2005, by section 200 Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).
Section 278 — Annual financial statements
278 Annual financial statements (1) The Corporation must include in its annual report under section 150 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 annual financial statements for each Account. (2) Sections…
Section 279 — Purposes for which Corporation to collect information
279 Purposes for which Corporation to collect information (1) The Corporation may collect information for the following purposes: (a) to enable a comprehensive claims database to be maintained: (b)…
Section 280 — Disclosure of information to Corporation
280 Disclosure of information to Corporation (1) In this section, unless the context otherwise requires, payment means any payment under this Act; and includes any provisions in respect of…
Section 281 — Disclosure of information by Corporation for benefit and benefit debt recovery purposes
281 Disclosure of information by Corporation for benefit and benefit debt recovery purposes (1) In this section, unless the context otherwise requires, benefit has the same meaning as in section 3(1)…
Section 282 — Disclosure of information by Corporation for health purposes
282 Disclosure of information by Corporation for health purposes (1) The purpose of this section is to facilitate the disclosure of information between the Corporation and the Ministry of Health and…
Section 283 — Disclosure of information by Corporation for injury prevention purposes
283 Disclosure of information by Corporation for injury prevention purposes (1) The purpose of this section is to facilitate the disclosure of information by the Corporation to the Department of…
Section 284 — Reporting of risk of harm to public
284 Reporting of risk of harm to public (1) This section applies to information collected by the Corporation in the course of processing claims— (a) for treatment injury; or (b) for personal injury…
Section 285 — Personal injuries in nature of medical misadventure
285 Personal injuries in nature of medical misadventure [Repealed] Section 285 was repealed, as from 1 July 2005, by section 48 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No…
Section 286 — Corporation to provide information to Department of Labour
286 Corporation to provide information to Department of Labour (1) The Corporation must provide to the chief executive of the Department of Labour any information held by the Corporation under this…
Section 287 — Purpose of this Part
287 Purpose of this Part The purpose of this Part is— (a) to facilitate the achievement of the Government's overall injury management (including injury prevention) objectives, as determined from time…
Section 288 — Injury-related statistics are classified under Statistics Act 1975
288 Injury-related statistics are classified under Statistics Act 1975 Injury-related statistics are a separate class of official statistics under section 4 of the Statistics Act 1975 and the…
Section 289 — Information manager
289 Information manager (1) The Prime Minister may designate a person or agency to be an information manager for injury-related information purposes. (2) A manager must report to a Minister…
Section 290 — Information manager can require government agencies to provide injury-related information
290 Information manager can require government agencies to provide injury-related information (1) Without limiting section 289(3) , an information manager may require a government agency (other than…
Section 291 — Ministerial advisory panel
291 Ministerial advisory panel (1) The Minister designated under section 289(2) must appoint a person to convene and chair a ministerial advisory panel comprising stakeholder representatives in the…
Section 292 — Minister to require information manager to enter into purchase agreement
292 Minister to require information manager to enter into purchase agreement (1) The Minister designated under section 289(2) and an information manager must negotiate a purchase agreement specifying…
Section 293 — Funding of information manager
293 Funding of information manager An information manager's operations are to be funded by either or both of the following: (a) an appropriation from Parliament for the purpose: (b) revenue derived…
Section 294 — Scope and purpose of sections 295 to 297
294 Scope and purpose of sections 295 to 297 (1) Sections 295 to 297 apply in any case where a claimant is receiving, or is entitled to receive, weekly compensation from an insurer (within the…
Section 295 — Obligation to provide entitlements where subsequent injury occurs
295 Obligation to provide entitlements where subsequent injury occurs (1) If a subsequent injury occurs while the previous injury still gives rise to an entitlement to weekly compensation for the…
Section 296 — Failure to reach agreement
296 Failure to reach agreement (1) If the insurer and the Corporation are unable to reach an agreement under section 295(1)(e) within 3 months of the subsequent injury being suffered, they must…
Section 297 — Entitlements not affected by Court direction
297 Entitlements not affected by Court direction In making a determination under section 296 , the District Court must not— (a) direct the Corporation to provide any independence allowance payable in…
Section 298 — Work-related gradual process, disease, or infection involving exposure before 1 April 2002
298 Work-related gradual process, disease, or infection involving exposure before 1 April 2002 (1) This section applies if a claimant suffers a personal injury caused by a work-related gradual…
Section 299 — No contracting out of this Act
299 No contracting out of this Act This Act has effect despite any provision to the contrary in any contract or agreement. Compare: 1998 No 114 s 358
Section 300 — Public interest
300 Public interest In exercising any functions or powers under this Act or the Crown Entities Act 2004 , the Minister must have regard to the public interest and, in particular, the interests of…
Section 301 — Service agreement for purchase of public health acute services and other health services
301 Service agreement for purchase of public health acute services and other health services (1) The Minister must enter into an annual service agreement in respect of the financial year commencing…
Section 302 — Minister of Health's responsibilities for purchase of public health acute services and other health services
302 Minister of Health's responsibilities for purchase of public health acute services and other health services (1) The Minister of Health must enter into a Crown funding agreement with district…
Section 303 — Restriction on purchase by Corporation of public health acute services
303 Restriction on purchase by Corporation of public health acute services (1) The Corporation must not make any kind of agreement with a district health board or other provider about— (a) any public…
Section 304 — Minister of Health acts on behalf of the Crown
304 Minister of Health acts on behalf of the Crown The Minister of Health acts on behalf of the Crown under sections 301 and 302 .
Section 305 — Joint purchasing arrangements for emergency transport services
305 Joint purchasing arrangements for emergency transport services (1) The Corporation may enter into a contract, arrangement, or understanding with the Ministry of Health or a district health board…
Section 306 — Sick leave may be used when employer not liable for first week compensation
306 Sick leave may be used when employer not liable for first week compensation (1) If an employee suffers a personal injury that is not a work related personal injury and is not a motor vehicle…
Section 307 — How documents given or information notified
307 How documents given or information notified (1) This section applies when— (a) this Act requires a document to be given to a person; or (b) this Act requires a person to be notified of any…
Section 308 — Offence to mislead Corporation
308 Offence to mislead Corporation (1) A person commits an offence who, for the purpose described in subsection (2) or with the result described in subsection (3) ,— (a) makes any statement knowing…
Section 309 — Offence not to provide requested information to Corporation
309 Offence not to provide requested information to Corporation (1) This section applies to— (a) an employer or former employer of a claimant: (b) a person who has provided any rehabilitation to a…
Section 310 — Offence not to provide earnings information to Corporation
310 Offence not to provide earnings information to Corporation (1) This section applies to a person who is receiving— (a) first week compensation; or (b) weekly compensation. (2) A person to whom…
Section 311 — Goods and services tax not payable on penalties or fines
311 Goods and services tax not payable on penalties or fines To avoid doubt, goods and services tax under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985 is not payable in respect of any fine, penalty, or…
Section 312 — Directors, employees, and officers
312 Directors, employees, and officers (1) A director, employee, agent, or officer of a body corporate commits an offence against this Act if— (a) the body corporate commits an offence against this…