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Accident Compensation Act 2001

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

51: When claim is lodged and received

You could also call this:

"When ACC gets your claim form, they count it as officially received"

When you make a claim under section 48, it's considered lodged and received on the day the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) gets your claim. This applies to all parts of the Accident Compensation Act 2001. For your claim to be valid, you need to follow the rules set out in the part of the Act that talks about how to make claims.

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Part 3Code of ACC Claimants' Rights, and claims
Claims process

51When claim is lodged and received

  1. For all the purposes of this Act, a claim under section 48 is lodged and received on the date on which the Corporation receives a claim lodged in accordance with this Part.