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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Management of the Scheme - Limitation period and other matters

256: Application of payments

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"How ACC handles your payments and where they go"

When you make a payment to ACC, you should say which Account or levy you want the payment to go to. If you don't say where you want the money to go, ACC can decide for themselves where to put your payment. They will then let you know where they put it.

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Part 6Management of the Scheme
Limitation period and other matters

256Application of payments

  1. If a person who makes a payment to the Corporation does not identify the Account or levy to which the payment is to be applied, the Corporation—

  2. may apply the payment to such Account or levy that the Corporation sees fit; and
    1. must notify the person accordingly.