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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Youth justice - Community work order

302: Application of Accident Compensation Act 2001 to young persons performing work under community work order

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"Help for young people hurt while doing community work: accident compensation applies"

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If you are a young person doing work as part of a community work order and you get hurt, the Accident Compensation Act 2001 applies to you. If your injury happens while you are doing the work, it is considered a work-related injury for the purposes of section 97 of that Act. The government will pay you the compensation you are entitled to under that section.

If you are entitled to other help under the Accident Compensation Act 2001, the cost will be paid from a special account, depending on whether you are an earner or not. You can find more information about the Accident Compensation Act 2001 on the New Zealand legislation website. The Act helps people who are hurt in accidents, including those that happen at work.

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Part 4Youth justice
Community work order

302Application of Accident Compensation Act 2001 to young persons performing work under community work order

  1. When a young person performs any service or does any work for the purposes of a community work order, the following provisions apply:

  2. if the young person suffers any personal injury for which the young person has cover under the Accident Compensation Act 2001 arising out of and in the course of performing that service or doing that work,—
    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 young person is entitled under that section:
      2. the cost of all other entitlements of the young person under that Act must be met from the Earners' Account in the case of a young person who is an earner and from the Non-Earners' Account in all other cases.

        Notes
        • Section 302: replaced, on , by section 9(1) of the Accident Insurance Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 6).
        • Section 302 heading: amended, on , pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).
        • Section 302(a): amended, on , by section 137 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Act 2017 (2017 No 31).
        • Section 302(a): amended, on , pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).
        • Section 302(a)(i): amended, on , by section 337(1) of the Accident Compensation Act 2001 (2001 No 49).