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Accident Compensation Act 1982
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Commenced: 1 Apr 1983
ANALYSIS
Analysis
Title
1 Short Title and commencement
2 Interpretation
3 Act to bind the Crown
I: The Accident Compensation Corporation
Constitution
4 Accident Compensation Corporation
5 Meetings of Corporation
6 Execution of documents on behalf of Corporation
Functions and Powers
7 Recommendations as to levies and compensation
8 Administrative functions and powers
9 Financial functions and powers
10 Corporation to implement policy of Government
Staff, Agents, etc.
11 Managing Director
12 Deputy Managing Director
13 Officers and employees
14 Provision of superannuation for officers and employees
15 Staff not in service of Crown
16 Appointment of consultants, etc.
17 Appointment of agents
18 Delegations
Financial Provisions
19 Sources and application of funds
20 Loans and grants to Corporation
21 Fines
22 Exemption from taxation
23 Fees and expenses in connection with investigation or inquiry
24 Remuneration and travelling expenses
25 Accounts and audit
II: Purposes and Scope of Act
26 Purposes and scope of Act
27 Act to be a code
28 Compensation for diseases arising out of employment
29 Compensation for industrial deafness
30 New Zealand earners overseas
31 Seamen and airmen
32 Members of Armed Forces of New Zealand
33 Persons travelling between places in New Zealand
34 Cover for persons not ordinarily resident in New Zealand
III: Safety and Rehabilitation
35 Corporation to promote general safety
36 Corporation to promote rehabilitation
37 Functions of Corporation in relation to promotion of rehabilitation
IV: Levies
Levies in Respect of Earners
38 Levies by employers and self-employed persons
39 Rates of levies and classification of earners
40 Rewards and penalties according to safety record
41 Agent to whom levies to be paid
42 General provisions regarding statements of earnings and levies
43 Statements by employers
44 Statements by self-employed persons
45 Powers to assess levies
46 Deduction of levy from payment due to defaulters
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Levies on Motor Vehicles
47 Levies on motor vehicles
48 Rates of levies on motor vehicles
Levies on Drivers of Motor Vehicles
49 Power to impose levies on drivers of motor vehicles
50 Provisions applicable where owner or driver does not pay proper levy
Agents
51 Agent to pay levies to Corporation
V: Earnings Related Compensation
Calculation of Entitlement
52 Calculation of earnings
53 Relevant earnings
54 Period of earnings
55 Working shareholders of companies
56 Husband or wife employed by or rendering services to spouse
First Week Compensation
57 First week
58 Priority in bankruptcy or winding up for first week's compensation
Compensation After First Week
59 Earnings related compensation after first week for temporary loss of earning capacity
60 Assessment of permanent incapacity
61 Increased compensation for full time earner in certain cases
62 Earnings related compensation where employee under 20, etc.
63 Compensation for loss of potential earning capacity in certain cases
64 Compensation for loss of earnings by reason of medical attention
65 Earnings related compensation payable to surviving dependent spouses, children, and other dependants
66 Upper age limit for payment of earnings related compensation
67 Power to reduce, postpone, or cancel earnings related compensation where person in hospital or penal institution
68 Compensation payable to persons outside New Zealand
69 Extension of entitlement to earnings related compensation
Lump Sum Compensation
70 Lump sum payment to widow or widower on remarriage
71 Commutation of periodic payments to lump sum in very exceptional circumstances
VI: Other Compensation
72 Conveyance for immediate medical attention
73 Conveyance for subsequent medical attention
74 Conveyance by ambulance
75 Medical treatment
76 Damage to natural teeth
77 Damage to artificial limbs or aids or clothing
78 Compensation for non-economic loss related to permanent loss or impairment of bodily function
79 Compensation for other non-economic loss
80 Compensation for pecuniary loss not related to earnings
81 Funeral expenses
82 Lump sum payments to surviving dependent spouses, children, and certain other dependants
VII: General Compensation Provisions
83 Diplomatic missions and consular posts
84 Payments to minors and persons under disability or needing protection
85 Rules for determining dependency
86 Compensation under Act in cases where claim lies overseas, etc.
87 Duty to submit to medical examination and medical or surgical treatment
88 Advances in anticipation of claim to compensation
89 Compensation not assignable
90 Wilfully self-inflicted personal injuries and suicide
91 Disqualification through conviction of murder or manslaughter
92 Personal injury suffered in course of criminal conduct
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VIII: Procedures
93 Duty to give notice of accidents
94 Employers to keep records of accidents
95 Employers to make periodical reports of accidents to Corporation
96 Claims by injured persons and dependants
97 Reports, claims, etc., on behalf of incapacitated persons
98 Limitation of time for making claims
99 Particulars of claims
100 Notice of decisions
IX: Appeals
Applications for Review
101 Application for review
102 Hearings of applications for review
Appeals to Appeal Authority
103 Constitution of Appeal Authority
104 Remuneration and travelling expenses
105 Services for Authority, etc.
106 Assessors
107 Right of appeal
108 Procedure on appeal
109 Hearing and determination of appeal
110 Costs
Appeals to High Court
111 Appeal to High Court
112 Appeal against decision of Administrative Division on question of law
X: General Provisions
113 Effect on cover of acceptance of levy
114 Power to recover or write off compensation overpaid and unpaid levies
115 Payments to administrator of deceased person
116 Service of notices, etc.
117 Annual report of Corporation
118 Ex gratia payments
119 Offences
120 Regulations and Orders in Council
121 Dissolution of Workers' Compensation Board
122 Repeals, revocations, and savings
Schedule(s)
1 FIRST SCHEDULE: Compensation for Permanent Loss or Impairment of Bodily Function
2 SECOND SCHEDULE:
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