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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Entitlements and related matters - General provisions

125: Corporation to pay amount for child to caregiver or financially responsible person

You could also call this:

"ACC gives money for injured kids to their caregivers"

If you're under 16 years old and you're entitled to receive money from the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), here's what happens:

ACC will give the money to someone who is taking care of you. This could be your parent, guardian, or another caregiver. If ACC thinks it's not right to give the money to your caregiver, they might give it to someone else or to trustees. These people are supposed to use the money for your benefit.

The person who gets the money from ACC must use it to help you. This means they should spend it on things that support you, help you learn, or improve your life in some way.

ACC doesn't have to check how the money is being used after they give it out. They also can't be held responsible by you for how the money is used once they've given it to your caregiver or the person looking after the money for you.

Remember, this rule doesn't apply to weekly compensation payments. It's only for other types of money payments that ACC might give you.

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Part 4Entitlements and related matters
General provisions

125Corporation to pay amount for child to caregiver or financially responsible person

  1. This section applies if an entitlement (other than weekly compensation payable under clause 32 of Schedule 1) provided to a claimant who is not yet 16 years old is solely a payment of money.

  2. The Corporation must make the payment—

  3. to a person who is caring for the claimant; or
    1. if the Corporation considers that it would not be appropriate to make the payment to such a person, to another person or to trustees who, in either case, the Corporation considers will apply the payment as required by subsection (3).

      1. A person to whom a payment is made under subsection (2) must apply it for the maintenance, education, advancement, or benefit of the claimant.

      2. The Corporation is not under an obligation to see to the application of any money paid under this section, and is not liable to the claimant in respect of any such payment.