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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Management of the Scheme - Work Account

174A: Corporation may develop and establish workplace incentive programmes

You could also call this:

"ACC can make programs to help workplaces be safer"

The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) can create workplace incentive programmes to encourage employers and self-employed people to reduce work-related injuries. These programmes aim to lower the number of injuries, make them less severe, and reduce their impact.

The Work Account levy, which is a payment employers and self-employed people make to ACC, can be adjusted based on how well they participate in these programmes. If you do well in a programme, you might pay less. If you don't do as well, you might pay more.

The government can make rules about fees that employers and self-employed people need to pay if they join these programmes. These fees might include money to help run the programme and pay for checks to make sure people are following the programme's rules.

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Part 6Management of the Scheme
Work Account

174ACorporation may develop and establish workplace incentive programmes

  1. The Corporation may develop and establish 1 or more workplace incentive programmes to provide incentives for employers and self-employed persons to reduce the incidence, severity, and impact of work-related personal injuries.

  2. A Work Account levy determined for the purposes of section 168, 168B, or 211 may be adjusted up or down for a particular employer or a particular self-employed person in accordance with the terms and conditions of a workplace incentive programme.

  3. Regulations made under section 333 may prescribe fees and charges payable by employers and self-employed persons who participate in a workplace incentive programme, including—

  4. administration fees to meet the costs, or part of the costs, incurred in administering the programme; and
    1. fees or charges for audits and assessments provided for under section 174D(3).

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