Te Wake v Accident Compensation Corporation - [2008] 1 NZLR 251

Accident compensation — Entitlement — Weekly compensation refused at time of injury — Whether entitlement to weekly compensation under new Act — Whether entitlement backdated to date of injury — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001, Part 4, Part 11, ss 67, 352(b), 355(1), 363 and Schedule 1 and cl 44.

Statutes — Interpretation — Retrospective operation — Accident compensation — No weekly compensation under Act at time of personal injury — Entitlement to weekly compensation under new Act — Whether entitlement from date of injury or when new Act in force — Accident Insurance Act 1998.