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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Entitlements and related matters - Entitlements

70: Claimant's and Corporation's obligations in relation to rehabilitation

You could also call this:

"Your and ACC's duties when helping you recover from an injury"

If you get hurt and ACC covers your injury, you have some rights and responsibilities. ACC must help you get better and be as independent as possible. They should do this as much as the law allows. This help is called rehabilitation.

You also have a job to do. You need to work on getting better yourself, as much as you can. How much you can do depends on how bad your injury is.

The goal is to help you get healthy, be independent, and take part in daily life as much as possible. Both you and ACC work together to make this happen.

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Entitlements

70Claimant's and Corporation's obligations in relation to rehabilitation

  1. A claimant who has suffered personal injury for which he or she has cover—

  2. is entitled to be provided by the Corporation with rehabilitation, to the extent provided by this Act, to assist in restoring the claimant's health, independence, and participation to the maximum extent practicable; but
    1. is responsible for his or her own rehabilitation to the extent practicable having regard to the consequences of his or her personal injury.