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Accident Compensation Act 2001

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

52: Manner of making claim

You could also call this:

"How to make a claim for accident compensation"

If you want to make a claim, you need to do it in the way the Corporation tells you to. The Corporation has to make sure that the way they ask you to make a claim is fair and something you can do. They might ask you to do certain things when you make a claim. For example, they might ask you to write down your claim. The things they ask you to do when making a claim should be reasonable and not too hard for you to do.

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

52Manner of making claim

  1. A person must lodge a claim with the Corporation in a manner specified by the Corporation.

  2. The Corporation must specify a manner that it is reasonable to expect the person to comply with.

  3. The Corporation may impose reasonable requirements on the person, such as, for example, requiring the person to lodge a written claim.