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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Miscellaneous provisions - Proceedings

320: Corporation to be heard

You could also call this:

“ACC must be included in legal cases about injuries”

When someone is involved in a legal case about personal injury, the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) needs to be involved. This applies to cases where someone might have been hurt and is covered by ACC, or if they were hurt under older laws, or if they died because of these injuries.

You can’t make a decision in these cases without ACC being part of it. If ACC isn’t already involved in the case, you need to give them a chance to share their thoughts. This means that before any judge, court, or group makes a final decision, they must let ACC have their say.

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Part 9 Miscellaneous provisions
Proceedings

320Corporation to be heard

  1. This section applies to proceedings in which a question arises as to whether or not a person—

  2. has suffered personal injury for which he or she has cover; or
    1. has suffered personal injury covered by the former Acts; or
      1. has died because of personal injury of a kind described in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b).

        1. The court, tribunal, or other body hearing the proceedings may not make a determination unless the Corporation is a party to the proceedings or is given an opportunity to be heard.