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Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Home detention

80ZF: Application of Accident Compensation Act 2001 to persons serving home detention sentence

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"Injury cover for people serving home detention sentences"

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If you are serving a home detention sentence and you get hurt while doing work or attending a course, you might be covered under the Accident Compensation Act 2001. This means your injury is treated like a work injury for some parts of the Act. The government will pay you the compensation you are entitled to. You might also get other entitlements under the Accident Compensation Act 2001, and these will be paid from a special account, depending on whether you earn money or not. If you earn money, your entitlements will be paid from the Earners' Account, but if you do not earn money, they will be paid from the Non-Earners' Account.

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80ZFApplication of Accident Compensation Act 2001 to persons serving home detention sentence

  1. When an offender performs any service or does any work or attends any assessment, course, or programme for the purposes of a home detention sentence, the following provisions apply:

  2. if the offender suffers any personal injury for which he or she has cover under the Accident Compensation Act 2001 arising out of and in the course of performing the activities described above,—
    1. the personal injury is deemed, for the purposes of section 97 of that Act only, to be a work-related personal injury; and
      1. the Crown is liable to pay compensation to which the offender is entitled under that section:
      2. the cost of all other entitlements of the offender under that Act must be met from the Earners' Account in the case of an offender who is an earner and from the Non-Earners' Account in all other cases.

        Notes
        • Section 80ZF: inserted, on , by section 44 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).
        • Section 80ZF heading: amended, on , pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).
        • Section 80ZF(a): amended, on , pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).