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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Accident Compensation Corporation - The Corporation

263: Prevention of personal injury

You could also call this:

"Rules for helping stop people from getting hurt"

The Corporation has an important job to help stop people from getting hurt. They want to make fewer accidents happen and make sure that when accidents do happen, they're not as bad. Here's how they do it:

They try to make places safer so fewer people get hurt. They also work with communities to help prevent injuries. They even help people learn how to be safer themselves.

To do this, the Corporation might do research, give people information, make books, run campaigns, have exhibitions, or teach people about safety.

The Corporation can only do these things if they think it will save money in the long run, if the government gives them money for it, or if they can get money from somewhere else like a partnership.

The Corporation can also do research to find ways to reduce accidents and injuries. This research aims to lower the cost of helping people who get hurt.

When the Corporation does these things, they need to work with other government agencies to make sure everyone is working together to prevent injuries. They also need to think about workplace safety plans when they're using money from the Work Account.

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Part 7Accident Compensation Corporation
The Corporation

263Prevention of personal injury

  1. A primary function of the Corporation is to promote measures to reduce the incidence and severity of personal injury, including measures that—

  2. create supportive environments that reduce the incidence and severity of personal injury; and
    1. strengthen community action to prevent personal injury; and
      1. encourage the development of personal skills that prevent personal injury.

        1. Without limiting subsection (1), such measures may include research, the provision of information or advice, the publication and dissemination of literature and information, campaigns, exhibitions, courses, and the promotion of safety management practices.

        2. The Corporation must undertake or fund such measures only if—

        3. satisfied that such measures are likely to result in a cost-effective reduction in actual or projected levy rates set under Part 6 or expenditure from the Non-Earners' Account under that Part; or
          1. Parliament has appropriated money for such measures and they are included in the current service agreement under section 271; or
            1. money is available for such measures from any other source (such as a joint venture or sponsorship); or
              1. any combination of any of paragraphs (a) to (c) applies.

                1. The Corporation may, in its discretion, conduct, participate in, commission, or subsidise research into the reduction of the incidence and severity of accidents and other causes of personal injury that is directed at reducing the cost of compensation and rehabilitation provided under this Act.

                2. The Corporation must ensure that any measures undertaken or funded in accordance with this section—

                3. are co-ordinated with similar activities of other government agencies to contribute to the overall injury prevention objectives in an efficient and effective way; and
                  1. to the extent that the measures will be funded from the Work Account, take account of the Health and Safety at Work Strategy published under section 195 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

                    Notes
                    • Section 263(5): replaced, on , by section 12 of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 71).