12 Feb 1999
Hing v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1999] NZACC 26
- Court
- District Court
The regulations unambiguously limit the respondent's liability for non-emergency transport to the lowest scheduled public transport fare or the statutory per kilometre rate (amended to 55 cents per kilometre); therefore the respondent is not required to pay full taxi fares and has no discretion to do so, and the Court indicated it may lack jurisdiction to determine future travel cost claims but clarified the statutory position.