Accident Compensation Act 2001

Management of the Scheme - Work Account

169: Rates of levies

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"How much money you pay for work accident insurance"

You need to pay levies for work-related accidents. The amount you pay depends on how much money you earn or how much money your business makes. The government makes rules about how much you have to pay.

If you're an employer, the amount you pay is based on how much you pay your workers. If you work for yourself at home, it's based on how much you earn. If you run your own business, it's based on how much money your business makes.

The government can make special rules to change how much you pay. These rules can look at things like how many accidents you've had before. If you've had fewer accidents, you might pay less. If you've had more accidents, you might pay more.

The government can also make rules about sharing the cost of accidents between you and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). This means you might pay for some of the cost, and ACC might pay for some of it too.

These rules can include things like giving you a bonus if you don't make any claims, or making you pay more or less based on your accident history. There might also be rules about how big an accident has to be before you can make a claim.

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Part 6Management of the Scheme
Work Account

169Rates of levies

  1. Levies are to be paid under sections 168, 168A, and 168B at a rate or rates prescribed in regulations made under this Act, and must be related in whole or in part to—

  2. the amount of earnings paid, estimated to be paid, or deemed by regulations to have been paid by an employer to the employer's employees; or
    1. the amount of earnings received as a private domestic worker or deemed by regulations to have been received as a private domestic worker; or
      1. the level of earnings (other than earnings as an employee) derived, estimated to be derived, or deemed by regulations to be derived, by a self-employed person.
        1. Regulations made under this Act may—

        2. establish a system or systems for either or both of the following:
          1. the experience rating of employers, private domestic workers, or self-employed persons:
            1. risk sharing between employers, private domestic workers, or self-employed persons, on the one hand, and the Corporation on the other; and
            2. adjust the levies under sections 168, 168A, 168B, and 211 in relation to a particular employer, private domestic worker, or self-employed person on the basis of that system or those systems.
              1. The systems referred to in subsection (2) may include no-claims bonuses, higher or lower levies, and claim thresholds.

              2. Repealed
              Notes
              • Section 169: substituted, on , by section 6 of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 8).
              • Section 169(1)(a): amended, on , by section 16(1) of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).
              • Section 169(1)(b): amended, on , by section 16(1) of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).
              • Section 169(2): substituted, on , by section 16(2) of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).
              • Section 169(3): added, on , by section 16(2) of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).
              • Section 169(4): repealed, on , by section 336A(2)(c).