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Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2005 Public Act Date of assent 2005 No 12 24 March 2005 Contents Title Commencement Interpretation Spouse (and spouse in relation to deceased claimant) New section 18A inserted 18A Partner (and partner in relation to deceased claimant) Compensation payable to surviving spouses under 1972 and 1982 Acts Schedule 1 amended Amendments to principal Act in Schedule Schedule Amendments to principal Act Page 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: 1 (1) Title This Act is the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Com­ pensation Amendment Act 2005.
1 s 2 (2) 2 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2005 2005 No 12 In this Act, Compensation Act 2001 is called “the principal Act”.

the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Commencement This Act comes into force on 26 April 2005.
3 Interpretation Section 6(1) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the deﬁnition of parental leave, the following deﬁnition: “partner, in the phrase ‘spouse or partner’ and in related contexts, has the meaning set out in section 18A(1) to (3); and, in relation to a deceased claimant, has the meaning set out in section 18A(4) to (6)”.
4 (1) Spouse (and spouse in relation to deceased claimant) Section 18 of the principal Act is amended by repealing sub­ section (1), and substituting the following subsection: “(1) Spouse means a person (person A) to whom the claimant is (2) legally married.” Section 18 of the principal Act is amended by repealing sub­ section (4), and substituting the following subsection: “(4) Spouse, in relation to a deceased claimant, means a person (person B) to whom the deceased claimant was legally married immediately before his or her death.” 5 New section 18A inserted The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 18, the following section: “18A Partner (and partner in relation to deceased claimant) “(1) Partner means a person (person A) with whom the claimant is in a civil union or a de facto relationship.
“(2) However, person A is not the partner of a claimant if— “(a) “(b) person A and the claimant are living apart; and the claimant is not contributing ﬁnancially to person A’s welfare.

“(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the circumstances set out in the subsection occurred principally because of the health, im­ prisonment, or employment obligations of either person A or the claimant.
2 2005 No 12 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2005 s 8 “(4) Partner, in relation to a deceased claimant, means a person (person B)— “(a) with whom the deceased claimant was in a civil union immediately before his or her death; or “(b) with whom the deceased claimant was in a de facto re­ lationship immediately before his or her death.
“(5) However, person B is not the partner of a deceased claimant if, at the time of the deceased claimant’s death,— “(a) person B and the deceased claimant were living apart; and the deceased claimant was not contributing ﬁnancially to person B’s welfare.
“(b) “(6) Subsection (5) does not apply if the circumstances set out in the subsection occurred principally because of the health, im­ prisonment, or employment obligations of either person B or the deceased claimant.” 6 (1) (2) 7 “(a) 8 (1) (2) Compensation payable to surviving spouses under 1972 and 1982 Acts The heading to section 384 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the word “spouses”, the words “or de facto partners”.
Section 384(1) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the word “spouse”, the words “or de facto partner”.
Schedule 1 amended Clause 66(4) of Schedule 1 is amended by repealing para­ graphs (a) and (b), and substituting the following paragraph: because the spouse or partner marries, enters into a civil union, or enters into a de facto relationship; or.” Amendments to principal Act in Schedule The provisions of the principal Act speciﬁed in Part 1 of the Schedule are amended by inserting, after the word “spouse” wherever it appears, the words “or partner”.
The provisions of the principal Act speciﬁed in Part 2 of the Schedule are amended by inserting, after the word “spouses”, wherever it appears, the words “or partners”.

3 Schedule Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2005 2005 No 12 (3) The provisions of the principal Act speciﬁed in Part 3 of the Schedule are amended by inserting, after the word “spouse’s”, wherever it appears, the words “or partner’s”.
Schedule Amendments to principal Act s 8 1 Insertion of “or partner” after “spouse” The deﬁnitions of child, claimant, other dependant, and weekly compensation in section 6(1).

Section 10(1) and the heading to section 10, and section 17(1)(b).

Sections 32(6), 69(1)(e), 208(2)(b), 252(5), 363(2).

Sections 382(2) and 383(1) and (3), and the heading to section 382.

Paragraphs (a) and (b) of the deﬁnition of home in clause 12 of Schedule 1.

Clause 65(1)(a) of Schedule 1.


Clauses 66 and 67 of Schedule 1, and the headings to those clauses.

Clauses 68, 69, 75(1) and (3), and the heading to clause 75, of Sched­ ule 1.

2 Insertion of “or partners” after “spouses” The headings to sections 382 and 383.

3 Insertion of “or partner’s” after “spouse’s” The heading to clause 68 in Schedule 1.
Part 3 of Schedule 3 was amended, as from 11 May 2005, by section 61(3) Injury Preven­ tion, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Insurance Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45) by omitting the words “Section 66(4) and (5) and section 69(1) and (2).” 4 2005 No 12 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2005 10 March 2005 15 March 2005 Legislative history Divided from Relationships (Statutory References) Bill (Bill 151­2) as Bill 151­3I Third reading 5