31 Mar 1999
De Jong v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1999] NZACC 83
- Court
- District Court
A February 1994 GP assessment satisfied s88(4) so the statutory assessment requirement was met, but the appellant breached s64 by allowing her claim to lapse, failing to provide certificates and to undertake rehabilitation, so the Corporation correctly declined weekly compensation from the expiry of the last medical certificate (17 April 1994) until the date medical certification was supplied (24 July 1996); on the balance of probabilities the injury was a continuation of the original OOS and weekly compensation is reinstated from 24 July 1996 at the same rate as last paid in 1994 plus indexa…