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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Entitlements and related matters - Entitlements

69: Entitlements provided under this Act

You could also call this:

“The types of help you can get if you're hurt in an accident”

This law explains the different types of help you can get if you’re hurt in an accident. You can receive rehabilitation, which includes treatment to help you get better, support to help you in your daily life, and help to get back to work. If you can’t work right away because of your injury, you might get money for the first week you’re off work. You could also get weekly payments if you need to be off work for longer.

If your injury causes a lasting problem, you might get a one-time payment. If someone dies because of an accident, their family can get help too. This includes money for the funeral, a grant for the family, weekly payments for the person’s partner, children, or others who depended on them, and help with childcare costs.

There are also other types of help mentioned in Parts 10 and 11 of this law. You can find out more about these by looking at those sections.

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Part 4 Entitlements and related matters
Entitlements

69Entitlements provided under this Act

  1. The entitlements provided under this Act are—

  2. rehabilitation, comprising treatment, social rehabilitation, and vocational rehabilitation:
    1. first week compensation:
      1. weekly compensation:
        1. lump sum compensation for permanent impairment:
          1. funeral grants, survivors' grants, weekly compensation for the spouse or partner, children and other dependants of a deceased claimant, and child care payments.

            1. The entitlements provided under this Act also include the entitlements referred to in Parts 10 and 11.

            Notes
            • Section 69(1)(e): amended, on , by section 8(1) of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 12).