Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 168B — Self-employed persons to pay levies
168B Self-employed persons to pay levies (1) A self-employed person must pay, in accordance with this Act and regulations made under it, levies to fund the Work Account. (2) A levy must relate to a…
Section 169 — Rates of levies
169 Rates of levies (1) Levies are to be paid under sections 168 , 168A , and 168B at a rate or rates prescribed in regulations made under this Act, and must be related in whole or in part to— (a)…
Section 169A — Limit on offsets in case of earnings as self-employed person
169A Limit on offsets in case of earnings as self-employed person (1) In determining a person's earnings as a self-employed person, no offset may be allowed for the amount of— (a) any net loss of the…
Section 170 — Classification of industries or risks
170 Classification of industries or risks (1) The Corporation must classify an employer and a self-employed person in an industry or risk class that most accurately describes their activity, being an…
Section 171 — Classification of self-employed persons and employees engaged in 2 or more activities
171 Classification of self-employed persons and employees engaged in 2 or more activities (1) A self-employed person or (if section 170(3) applies) an employee who is engaged in 2 or more activities…
Section 172 — Work Account levy not payable on earnings of employee over specified maximum
172 Work Account levy not payable on earnings of employee over specified maximum (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) , nothing in this Act requires an employer to pay a Work Account levy on…
Section 172A — Work Account levy not payable on earnings of self-employed person over specified maximum
172A Work Account levy not payable on earnings of self-employed person over specified maximum Nothing in this Act requires a self-employed person to pay a Work Account levy on earnings that exceed…
Section 173 — Estimation of levy
173 Estimation of levy (1) The Corporation may require an employer to pay a levy based on the Corporation's reasonable estimate of the levy payable by the employer for part or all of the prescribed…
Section 174 — Employer to notify increase or decrease of relevant employee earnings
174 Employer to notify increase or decrease of relevant employee earnings (1) Subsection (2) applies if an employer, during a tax year, reasonably believes that there will be an increase or decrease…
Section 175 — Risk adjustment of Work Account levies
175 Risk adjustment of Work Account levies (1) A Work Account levy determined for the purposes of sections 168 , 168B , or 211 may be adjusted down, in accordance with regulations made under this…
Section 176 — Incorporation by reference
176 Incorporation by reference (1) Regulations made for the purposes of section 175 and the audit tool may incorporate by reference all or any part of any— (a) New Zealand standard; or (b) standard,…
Section 177 — Copy of audit tool and material incorporated by reference to be available to public
177 Copy of audit tool and material incorporated by reference to be available to public A copy of every audit tool approved by the Minister and of all material incorporated in regulations or the…
Section 178 — Criteria for upward adjustment of levies
178 Criteria for upward adjustment of levies (1) The Corporation may seek to initiate the process in section 179 for the upward adjustment of levies for an employer if it is satisfied that the number…
Section 179 — Process for Corporation to decide whether to require audit
179 Process for Corporation to decide whether to require audit (1) The process in this section is initiated by the Corporation giving the employer a notice stating— (a) that the Corporation is…
Section 180 — Effect of audit or refusal to allow audit
180 Effect of audit or refusal to allow audit (1) An audit allowed by an employer must be conducted in accordance with a tool approved by the Minister under section 175(4) , which tool may be…
Section 181 — Interpretation
181 Interpretation In this section and in sections 182 to 189 , unless the context otherwise requires,— accreditation agreement means an agreement between the Corporation and an employer entered…
Section 182 — Objectives of sections 181 to 189
182 Objectives of sections 181 to 189 The objectives of sections 181 to 189 are to— (a) promote injury prevention and rehabilitation; and (b) reduce work-related personal injury claim costs and…
Section 183 — Framework to be established
183 Framework to be established (1) The Minister must, by notice in the Gazette , establish a framework under which the Corporation and an employer may agree that for an agreed period the employer…
Section 184 — Accreditation agreements
184 Accreditation agreements (1) An accreditation agreement may provide that— (a) the employer is liable for some or all of the cost of providing entitlements in relation to work-related personal…
Section 185 — Accreditation requirements
185 Accreditation requirements (1) The Corporation may enter into an accreditation agreement with an employer only if, in the opinion of the Corporation, the employer— (a) has appropriate experience…
Section 186 — Corporation may be accredited employer
186 Corporation may be accredited employer (1) The Corporation can become an accredited employer only in accordance with this section. (2) Despite any other provision of sections 181 to 189 , the…
Section 187 — Accredited employers to provide entitlements
187 Accredited employers to provide entitlements (1) An accredited employer must, during the claim management period concerned,— (a) manage every work-related personal injury claim relating to injury…
Section 188 — Monitoring and audit
188 Monitoring and audit (1) The Corporation must establish a monitoring programme for accredited employers, which may include audits of the activities of accredited employers to ascertain whether—…
Section 189 — Reporting and information
189 Reporting and information (1) An accredited employer must report to the Corporation in accordance with the accreditation agreement. (2) The Corporation may use information received under…
Section 190 — Purchase of weekly compensation by shareholder-employees
190 Purchase of weekly compensation by shareholder-employees (1) A person with earnings as a shareholder-employee may apply to purchase from the Corporation, in accordance with subsection (2) , the…
Section 191 — Effect on Work Account levy
191 Effect on Work Account levy (1) If a shareholder-employee purchases agreed weekly compensation under section 190 , the employer of the shareholder-employee is not required to pay the Work Account…
Section 192 — Application and source of funds
192 Application and source of funds (1) The purpose of the Residual Claims Account is to finance entitlements referred to in subsection (2) that are required to be provided in respect of persons…
Section 193 — Liability to pay Residual Claims levy
193 Liability to pay Residual Claims levy (1) An employer and a self-employed person must pay to the Corporation, in accordance with this Act and regulations made under it, a levy for the purpose of…
Section 194 — Rate of levy
194 Rate of levy The Residual Claims levy must be paid at the rate or rates prescribed by regulations made under this Act. Compare: 1998 No 114 s 305
Section 195 — Classification of industries or risk
195 Classification of industries or risk (1) The Corporation must classify an employer and a self-employed person in an industry or risk class that most accurately describes their activity, being an…
Section 196 — Classification of employees engaged in 2 or more activities
196 Classification of employees engaged in 2 or more activities (1) If section 195(3) applies, an employee who is engaged in 2 or more activities must be classified in the industry or risk class for…
Section 197 — Classification of self-employed persons engaged in 2 or more activities
197 Classification of self-employed persons engaged in 2 or more activities (1) A self-employed person who is engaged in 2 or more activities must be classified in the industry or risk class for…
Section 198 — Residual Claims levy where 2 or more employers
198 Residual Claims levy where 2 or more employers (1) If a person's earnings as an employee for a tax year are paid by 2 or more employers, and those earnings exceed the specified maximum,— (a) each…
Section 199 — Promotion of employer involvement
199 Promotion of employer involvement (1) The Corporation must take all practicable steps to ensure, in carrying out its duties in relation to the Residual Claims Account, that employers are involved…
Section 200 — Residual Claims levy not payable on earnings over specified maximum
200 Residual Claims levy not payable on earnings over specified maximum (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) , nothing in this Act requires an employer to pay a Residual Claims levy on earnings…
Section 201 — Application and source of funds
201 Application and source of funds [Repealed] Subsections (2)(b) and (3)(b) were repealed, as from 11 May 2005, by section 60(6) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No…
Section 202 — Self-employed persons to pay levies
202 Self-employed persons to pay levies [Repealed] Sections 201 to 207 were repealed, as from 1 April 2007, by section 13(1) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2007…
Section 203 — Rate of levies
203 Rate of levies [Repealed] Sections 201 to 207 were repealed, as from 1 April 2007, by section 13(1) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 8). See…
Section 204 — Limit on offsets in case of earnings as self-employed person
204 Limit on offsets in case of earnings as self-employed person [Repealed] Subsection (1) was amended, as from 1 April 2005, by section YA 2 Income Tax Act 2004 (2004 No 35) by substituting the…
Section 205 — Classification of industries or risk
205 Classification of industries or risk [Repealed] Sections 201 to 207 were repealed, as from 1 April 2007, by section 13(1) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2007…
Section 206 — Classification of self-employed persons engaged in 2 or more activities
206 Classification of self-employed persons engaged in 2 or more activities [Repealed] Sections 201 to 207 were repealed, as from 1 April 2007, by section 13(1) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and…
Section 206A — Risk adjustment of Self-Employed Work Account levy
206A Risk adjustment of Self-Employed Work Account levy [Repealed] Sections 206A to 206C were inserted, as from 22 October 2003, by section 7 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation…
Section 206B — Incorporation by reference
206B Incorporation by reference [Repealed] Sections 206A to 206C were inserted, as from 22 October 2003, by section 7 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2003…
Section 206C — Copy of material incorporated by reference to be available to public
206C Copy of material incorporated by reference to be available to public [Repealed] Sections 206A to 206C were inserted, as from 22 October 2003, by section 7 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and…
Section 207 — Self-employed Work Account levy not payable on earnings over specified maximum
207 Self-employed Work Account levy not payable on earnings over specified maximum [Repealed] Sections 201 to 207 were repealed, as from 1 April 2007, by section 13(1) Injury Prevention,…
Section 208 — Purchase of weekly compensation by self-employed persons
208 Purchase of weekly compensation by self-employed persons (1) A self-employed person may apply to purchase from the Corporation, in accordance with section 209 , the right to receive weekly…
Section 209 — Procedure for reaching agreement
209 Procedure for reaching agreement (1) The Corporation must discuss with the self-employed person the options available to the self-employed person and determine a level of weekly compensation that…
Section 210 — Effect of agreement
210 Effect of agreement (1) A self-employed person who purchases weekly compensation under section 209 is entitled to weekly compensation in the manner agreed by the person and the Corporation, if—…
Section 211 — Levies for self-employed persons who purchase weekly compensation
211 Levies for self-employed persons who purchase weekly compensation (1) A self-employed person who purchases weekly compensation under section 209 must pay a levy determined by the Corporation in…
Section 212 — Earner levies for self-employed persons who purchase weekly compensation
212 Earner levies for self-employed persons who purchase weekly compensation A self-employed person who purchases weekly compensation under section 209 must continue to pay the earner levy required…