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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Accident Compensation Corporation - Information collection

279: Purposes for which Corporation to collect information

You could also call this:

"ACC collects information to manage claims, prevent injuries, and run the accident compensation scheme"

The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) can collect information for many reasons. They do this to keep a big database of all claims. They also use the information to see how well the law is working. ACC collects details about injuries to understand how often they happen, how bad they are, and what effects they have. They use this information to try to prevent injuries, give the right treatment and rehabilitation, and provide fair compensation. The information also helps ACC make decisions about policies, set levies, and manage the scheme. ACC needs to know how much injuries cost society as a whole.

The law says ACC must collect certain information. This includes details about how the injury happened, what kind of injury it is, how serious it is, and what happens because of it. The government can make rules about what exact information ACC needs to collect. These rules can cover all the reasons mentioned before, plus some other reasons listed in another part of the law.

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Part 7Accident Compensation Corporation
Information collection

279Purposes for which Corporation to collect information

  1. The Corporation may collect information for the following purposes:

  2. to enable a comprehensive claims database to be maintained:
    1. to facilitate the monitoring of the operation of this Act:
      1. to monitor and evaluate the nature, incidence, severity, and consequences of injuries:
        1. injury prevention:
          1. the provision of appropriate rehabilitation and treatment:
            1. the provision of appropriate compensation:
              1. policy development under this Act:
                1. determining the cost to society of personal injury:
                  1. levy setting:
                    1. scheme management.

                      1. The Corporation must collect—

                      2. such information as is prescribed for the purposes set out in subsection (1)(a) to (i) by regulations made under this Act:
                        1. information for such of the purposes set out in section 287 that are prescribed by regulations made under this Act.

                          1. Information prescribed for the purpose set out in subsection (1)(a) must include information about the circumstances of the personal injury, the nature and severity of the personal injury, and its consequences.