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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Management of the Scheme - Limitation period and other matters

258: Production of documents

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"How ACC documents are used and accepted in legal matters"

You should know about how documents are used in legal matters related to the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). If ACC gives you a copy of a document with their official seal or signed by someone they've allowed to do so, it's just as good as the original. This includes copies of statements about earnings, or assessments about how much levy (money) should be paid. You don't need to see the original document.

In any court case or review about ACC matters, the judges and other officials will accept ACC's seal and the signature of ACC staff or agents as genuine. They don't need to check if these are real each time.

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Part 6Management of the Scheme
Limitation period and other matters

258Production of documents

  1. The production of any document under the seal of the Corporation, or under the hand of any person authorised for the purpose by the Corporation or an agent of the Corporation, purporting to be a copy of or extract from any statement relating to earnings or from any assessment or amended assessment of levies under this Part, is in all courts and all proceedings (including reviews or appeals conducted under this Act) sufficient evidence of the original, and the production of the original is not necessary.

  2. All courts and persons conducting reviews or appeals under this Act must, in all proceedings, take judicial notice of the seal of the Corporation, and of the signature of any officer or agent of the Corporation duly authorised for the purpose, either to the original or to any such copy or extract.