21 Nov 2001
McFarland v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2001] NZACC 321
- Court
- District Court
The Court held the appellant's application to review the February 7 1996 decision was time-barred under the Accident Insurance Act 1998 (applicable by transitional provisions because the application for review was made after 1 July 1999) and that neither the respondent nor the Court had discretion to extend the statutory three month time limit; accordingly the respondent correctly refused to consider the substantive review and was not required to convene a hearing, and there was no breach of natural justice in the administrative preliminary review.