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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Accident Compensation Corporation - The Corporation

268: Protection of names Accident Compensation Corporation and Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation

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“Only ACC can use its name or names that look like it”

You cannot use the names “Accident Compensation Corporation” or “Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation” when creating a company or other group. You also can’t use any name that looks so similar to these that it might trick people. The person in charge of registering companies decides if a name is too similar.

This rule doesn’t apply to the Accident Compensation Corporation itself or to anyone the Corporation says can use the name.

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Part 7 Accident Compensation Corporation
The Corporation

268Protection of names Accident Compensation Corporation and Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation

  1. No company or other body may be incorporated or registered under a name that contains the words Accident Compensation Corporation or Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation or under any other name that, in the opinion of the Registrar of Companies, or the appropriate registering authority within the meaning of section 2 of the Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981, so resembles such a name as to be likely to deceive.

  2. This section does not apply to the Corporation or to any person who is authorised by the Corporation.