16 May 1995
Walsh v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1995] NZACC 57
- Court
- District Court
Regulation 11's prior approval requirement must be read to permit an emergency exception to avoid absurdity; because the appellant faced an emergency and the treatment was necessary to restore him to his principal economic activity, the Corporation's refusal was revoked and it must pay the private hospital costs according to the regulatory scales.