23 Jul 2007
Langdon v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2007] NZACC 162
- Court
- District Court
Section 252 authorises and requires ACC to refund excess Social Security benefit payments to WINZ where a benefit was paid for a period for which ACC entitlements are established, and s123(2)(a) permits ACC to deduct that refund from the arrears of weekly compensation otherwise payable to the claimant; there is no statutory prohibition on making the deduction prior to paying the balance and no temporal sequencing requirement between the benefit and the establishment of an ACC entitlement.