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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Accident Compensation Corporation - Reporting requirements

278B: Corporation to report in each financial year on access to accident compensation scheme by Māori and identified population groups

You could also call this:

“ACC must report yearly on how Māori and other groups use accident compensation”

Every year, the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) must write a report about how Māori and other specific groups of people use the accident compensation scheme. This report needs to look at a few important things:

The report will show how much Māori and these other groups used the accident compensation scheme that year. It will also point out if some groups had more trouble using the scheme than others. The ACC will explain what things might be making it hard for Māori or these other groups to use the scheme. They’ll also try to figure out why these problems are happening.

After the ACC finishes the report, they need to give it to the Minister as soon as they can. Then, the Minister has to show this report to the House of Representatives quickly.

This helps everyone understand if the accident compensation scheme is working well for all New Zealanders, especially Māori and other important groups.

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Part 7 Accident Compensation Corporation
Reporting requirements

278BCorporation to report in each financial year on access to accident compensation scheme by Māori and identified population groups

  1. The Corporation must, in each financial year, prepare a report concerning access to the accident compensation scheme by Māori and identified population groups.

  2. The report must provide analysis of—

  3. the level of access to the accident compensation scheme in that financial year by Māori and identified population groups; and
    1. any disparities the Corporation identifies in access to the accident compensation scheme that affect Māori or any identified population group; and
      1. any barriers the Corporation identifies that affect access to the accident compensation scheme by Māori or any identified population group; and
        1. the causes of, or factors contributing to, those disparities and barriers, as identified by the Corporation.

          1. The Corporation must provide the report to the Minister as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year.

          2. The Minister must present the report to the House of Representatives as soon as practicable after receiving it.

          Notes
          • Section 278B: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Accident Compensation (Access Reporting and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2023 (2023 No 26).