New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Act means the Accident Insurance Act 1998
ANZSIC industrial classification means the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (New Zealand Version) 1996, published in June 1997 by Statistics New Zealand
ASCII means the American Standard Code for Information Interchange
case estimate means the total remaining cost that an insurer estimates it will incur for a claim
claim file number means the unique number (or other identifying reference) allocated by an insurer to a claim file
closing date means the date the case estimate for a claim becomes zero
dispute means a review, proceeding, or appeal to which Part 6 of the Act applies
earnings means,—
(a) for the purpose of regulation (5)(j), the earnings of all persons covered by an accident insurance contract; and
(b) for all other purposes, the earnings of persons, or groups of persons, covered by an accident insurance contract upon which the weekly compensation referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of the term statutory entitlement in section 13(1) of the Act would be based
elective surgery has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Accident Insurance (Insurer's Liability to Pay Cost of Treatment) Regulations 1999
ethnicity classification means 1 or more of the following categories: New Zealand European/Pakeha, Other European, New Zealand Maori, Samoan, Cook Island Maori, Tongan, Niuean, Tokelauan, Fijian, Other Pacific Islands, Southeast Asian, Chinese, Indian, Other Asian, Other
full-time employees means persons who regularly work 30 hours or more a week for an employer
ICD-10 means the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, published by the World Health Organisation, Geneva
insurer means an insurer registered under section 201 of the Act (as at the date of its repeal by section 7 of the Accident Insurance Amendment Act 2000)
insurer identification number means a unique number assigned to an insurer by the Regulator
NDS-IS means the National Data Standards for Injury Surveillance Classification System, version 2.1, Revision A, developed by the Australian National Injury Surveillance Unit
occupations code means the New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, published in 1995 by Statistics New Zealand
OCS means the Occurrence Classification System published in 1990 by Worksafe Australia
part-time employees means persons who regularly work fewer than 30 hours a week for an employer
premium means the amount paid or payable to an insurer by an employer, self-employed person, or private domestic worker for cover and statutory entitlements under an accident insurance contract
quarter means a quarter of a year, as follows:
(a) a quarter starts on 1 January and ends at the close of March:
(b) a quarter starts on 1 April and ends at the close of June:
(c) a quarter starts on 1 July and ends at the close of September:
(d) a quarter starts on 1 October and ends at the close of December
Read code means the Read codes, version 2, used to diagnose injuries, and developed by the United Kingdom Department of Health
region means the same as territorial authority district as defined in section 2(1) of the Local Government Act 1974
review period means the period of time that elapses between successive reviews of an accident insurance contract by an insurer
risk sharing agreement means any agreement reached under section 185 of the Act
transitional accident insurance contract has the same meaning as in the Accident Insurance (Transitional Contracts) Regulations 1999.
(2) Expressions not defined in these regulations but defined in the Act have, in these regulations, the same meanings as in the Act.
(3) A transitional accident insurance contract is to be regarded as an accident insurance contract for the purposes of these regulations.
Regulation 2(1) insurer: substituted, on 1 April 2000, by section 9(2) of the Accident Insurance Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 6).
