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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Management of the Scheme - Accredited employers

189: Reporting and information

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"Accredited employers must report to ACC and inform employees about claim processes"

If you are an accredited employer, you need to report to the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) as agreed in your accreditation agreement. ACC can use the information you give them to help manage information and for other purposes related to the Accident Compensation Act.

When your employees make claims for work-related injuries under your accreditation agreement, all the information about those claims belongs to ACC, not to you.

You must give each of your employees a free written statement that explains how things work under your accreditation agreement. This statement needs to cover how to make claims, how rehabilitation is provided, how claims are handled, how incapacity is assessed, how vocational independence is assessed, and how disputes are resolved.

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Part 6Management of the Scheme
Accredited employers

189Reporting and information

  1. An accredited employer must report to the Corporation in accordance with the accreditation agreement.

  2. The Corporation may use information received under subsection (1) for the purposes of enabling the information manager to carry out the manager's functions and duties under Part 8, and for other purposes of this Act.

  3. All information received by an accredited employer in relation to work-related personal injury claims made by an employee of the employer under the accreditation agreement is the property of the Corporation.

  4. An accredited employer must provide to each employee, without charge, a written statement that specifies the procedures and requirements under the accreditation agreement in relation to the lodging of claims, provision of rehabilitation, handling of claims, assessment of incapacity, assessment of vocational independence, and dispute resolution.