13 Dec 1999
Heyes v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance,Corporation
- Citation
- [1999] NZACC 367
- Court
- District Court
Because the Regulations require an approved assessor to use the Fourth Edition AMA Guides and Dr Faleto'ese is an approved assessor who applied the Guides correctly to assess 5% whole person impairment, that assessment is authoritative; an assessment below the statutory threshold nullifies entitlement to an independence allowance, so the Review Authority's decision to cease payment was lawful and the appeal fails.