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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Cover - Relevant dates of injury

36: Date on which person is to be regarded as suffering mental injury

You could also call this:

"When the law says you have a mental injury"

When you suffer mental injury in certain situations described in the law, the date you're considered to have this injury is the day you first get treatment for it. This treatment must be a type that you're allowed to get under the current or past laws.

If you have mental injury because of physical injuries, the date of your mental injury is the same as when you got the physical injuries.

These rules about dates don't apply to a specific part of the law called clause 55 of Schedule 1.

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Part 2Cover
Relevant dates of injury

36Date on which person is to be regarded as suffering mental injury

  1. The date on which a person suffers mental injury in the circumstances described in section 21 or 21B is the date on which the person first receives treatment for that mental injury as that mental injury.

  2. The date on which a person suffers mental injury because of physical injuries suffered by the person is the date on which the physical injuries are suffered.

  3. In subsection (1), treatment means treatment of a type that the person is entitled to under this Act or a former Act.

  4. This section does not apply for the purposes of clause 55 of Schedule 1.

Notes
  • Section 36(1): amended, on , by section 12 of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 46).