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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Management of the Scheme - Work Account

174C: Minister's approval of certain workplace incentive programmes

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“Minister can approve special work safety plans”

The Minister can decide that some workplace incentive programmes need their approval before they can start. When making this decision, the Minister can think about different things that matter. These include what’s good for the public, how the programme fits with what the government wants to do, how it might affect people who pay levies, and how it might affect people who could join the programme but choose not to.

If the Minister decides a programme needs their approval, they have to talk to people or groups they think are important before they say yes. They’ll think about who might join the programme and how it might change the Work Account levies for people who don’t join.

This law is about making sure workplace incentive programmes are fair and fit with what the government wants to do. It gives the Minister the power to check and approve these programmes if they think it’s needed.

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Part 6 Management of the Scheme
Work Account

174CMinister's approval of certain workplace incentive programmes

  1. The Minister may determine, in relation to any proposed workplace incentive programme, that the programme must be approved by the Minister before it is established under section 174D.

  2. In deciding whether to make a determination under subsection (1), the Minister may consider any relevant factors, including—

  3. the public interest; and
    1. how the proposed workplace incentive programme aligns with the Government's broader objectives; and
      1. the impact of the proposed workplace incentive programme on levy payers generally or on particular groups of levy payers; and
        1. the impact of the proposed workplace incentive programme on levy payers who, despite being eligible to participate in the proposed programme, may choose not to participate.

          1. If the Minister makes a determination under subsection (1), before the Minister approves the establishment of the workplace incentive programme, the Minister must consult any persons or organisations that the Minister considers appropriate, having regard to—

          2. the potential participants in the programme; and
            1. the potential impact of the programme on the Work Account levies of non-participating levy payers.

              Notes
              • Section 174C: inserted, on , by section 8 of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 71).