15 Dec 1998
Coutts v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1998] NZACC 267
- Court
- District Court
Transitional provisions of the 1992 Act allow the respondent to reassess compensation determined under the 1982 Act; s67A authorises amendment where a decision is shown to be in error or based on misleading information; the respondent properly investigated and reassessed relevant earnings by applying s53 of the 1982 Act (averaging four years) because the 1989 figure was inflated by deferred livestock sale proceeds; therefore the review officer's decision to revise the assessment was correct and the appeal is dismissed.