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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Management of the Scheme

165: Duty of Corporation

You could also call this:

“ACC's duties: deciding claims, giving benefits, and managing money”

The Corporation has several important duties to carry out. You need to know that they must decide if people are covered when claims are made. They also have to provide benefits to people who are covered under this Act.

The Corporation needs to manage special accounts and follow the rules in Part 7 of the Act. They also have to collect money called levies under this Act.

Another job of the Corporation is to handle disputes as described in Part 5 of the Act. They also have responsibilities related to Part 10, which is about keeping competitive provisions.

If you made a claim that would have been handled under Part 4 of the old Accident Insurance Act 1998, the Corporation can choose which account to use for your benefits. If they later get money from an insurer for providing those benefits, they must put that money back into the account they used.

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Part 6 Management of the Scheme

165Duty of Corporation

  1. The Corporation has a duty to—

  2. determine cover for persons for whom claims for cover are lodged; and
    1. provide entitlements, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, in respect of persons who have cover under this Act; and
      1. manage the Accounts required by this Part to be maintained and operated, while complying with Part 7; and
        1. collect levies under this Act; and
          1. administer Part 5 (dispute resolution); and
            1. carry out functions and duties in relation to or under Part 10 (saving of competitive provisions).

              1. The Corporation may, in respect of persons who lodge claims with the Corporation that would have been lodged under Part 4 of the Accident Insurance Act 1998 if it were still in force, choose which Account to provide the entitlement from, and must repay to that Account any amount later received from an insurer in respect of the provision of that entitlement.