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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Code of ACC Claimants' Rights, and claims - Code of ACC Claimants' Rights

42: Corporation to prepare draft Code in consultation with persons nominated by Minister

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“ACC makes a draft set of rules for people's rights, talking to others the Minister chooses”

The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) needs to create a draft Code of ACC Claimants’ Rights. They need to do this as soon as they can after this law starts working. When making this draft Code, ACC has to talk to different people and groups. The Minister decides who ACC should talk to. This is to make sure ACC hears lots of different ideas to help them make the draft Code.

When the law talks about organisations, it means groups that speak for people who make claims to ACC. The Minister can also count any useful talks ACC had with people before this law started. This means ACC doesn’t have to repeat talks they’ve already had.

After ACC finishes writing the draft Code, they need to send it to the Minister. This is how ACC makes sure they’re following the rules when they create the Code of ACC Claimants’ Rights.

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Code of ACC Claimants' Rights

42Corporation to prepare draft Code in consultation with persons nominated by Minister

  1. The Corporation must, as soon as practicable after this section comes into force, prepare a draft Code of ACC Claimants' Rights.

  2. In preparing a draft Code the Corporation must consult such persons, bodies, organisations, and agencies as the Minister considers necessary to ensure that a wide range of views is available to the Corporation to assist it in preparing a draft Code.

  3. In subsection (2), organisations includes groups representing claimants.

  4. For the purposes of subsection (2), the Minister may take into account any relevant consultation undertaken by the Corporation before this section comes into force.

  5. After preparing the draft code, the Corporation must forward it to the Minister.