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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Miscellaneous provisions - Situations where previous insurer involved

297: Entitlements not affected by court direction

You could also call this:

“Court decisions don't change your ACC benefits”

When a court makes a decision about who should pay for your injury, there are some things it can’t do. The court can’t tell ACC to give you an independence allowance for your old injury. It also can’t tell the insurance company to give you a lump sum payment or independence allowance for your new injury. This is to make sure that you still get the right help, no matter what the court decides about who should pay.

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Part 9 Miscellaneous provisions
Situations where previous insurer involved

297Entitlements not affected by court direction

  1. In making a determination under section 296, the District Court must not—

  2. direct the Corporation to provide any independence allowance payable in respect of the previous injury; or
    1. direct the insurer to provide any lump sum compensation or independence allowance payable in respect of the subsequent injury.