12 Sept 1996
SR v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1996] NZACC 81
- Court
- District Court
Regulation 3(1)(a) is a general qualifying statement but is subject to the deeming and absence rules in Regulation 3(2) and 3(4); a person absent from New Zealand seeking cover must satisfy the 183-day presence test or not be absent for more than six months to be deemed to have a permanent place of abode in New Zealand. The appellant did not meet those requirements for the relevant departures and therefore was not ordinarily resident in New Zealand; appeal dismissed.