New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Purchase and modification of vehicles

Legal area

Court

5 Jan 1999

Payton v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation

Citation

[1999] NZACC 1
Court

District Court

Because the Act requires that purchase or modification of a vehicle be included in an approved individual rehabilitation programme and that the Corporation meet costs only where it has given prior approval, the Corporation lacked authority to contribute to a vehicle purchased without prior approval; therefore the decision to decline assistance was correct and the appeal must be dismissed.
28 Nov 1995

Robertson v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation

Citation

[1995] NZACC 138
Court

District Court

The statutory and regulatory scheme unambiguously required prior assessment and written approval or inclusion in an approved Individual Rehabilitation Programme; because the vehicle was purchased without prior approval and not as part of an approved IRP and the 13-week bar applied, the respondent was legally precluded from approving retrospective assistance, and the appeal must be dismissed.