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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Management of the Scheme - General levy provisions

236: Challenges to levies

You could also call this:

“How to question ACC's decisions about your payments”

If you’re not happy with a decision the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) made about a levy you paid, have to pay, or they say you have to pay, you can ask ACC to review their decision. You need to do this within 3 months of being told about the decision.

There are some things you can’t ask ACC to review. You can’t ask them to review how your taxable income was worked out for income tax purposes. You also can’t ask them to review the levy that employers and self-employed people have to pay.

When you ask for a review, you’re not allowed to argue about the entitlements (like payments or services) that ACC has given or will give to anyone.

If you do ask for a review, ACC will handle it using the rules in Part 5 of the Accident Compensation Act. These rules also cover what happens if you want to appeal ACC’s decision after the review.

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Part 6 Management of the Scheme
General levy provisions

236Challenges to levies

  1. Any person who is dissatisfied with any decision of the Corporation in respect of any levy paid or payable or claimed to be payable under this Part by that person may seek a review by the Corporation of that decision within 3 months after the person is notified of the decision.

  2. However, no right of review exists under this Act in respect of the calculation for the purposes of the Income Tax Act 2007 of the taxable income of any person or in respect of the levy payable under section 213(2)(c).

  3. The entitlements that have been given or are to be given to any person under this Act may not be challenged in any review under subsection (1).

  4. A review brought under subsection (1) must be dealt with by the Corporation under Part 5, and that Part (including the provisions relating to appeals) applies with any necessary modifications.

Notes
  • Section 236(2): amended, on (effective for 2008–09 income year and later income years, except when the context requires otherwise), by section ZA 2(1) of the Income Tax Act 2007 (2007 No 97).
  • Section 236(2): amended, on , by section 9 of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 29).
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