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Reprint as at 25 June 2004 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2004 (SR 2004/187) Dame Sian Elias, Administrator of the Government Order in Council At Wellington this 21st day of June 2004 Present: Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council Pursuant to section 327 and 342(2) of the Injury Prevention, Rehabili­ tation, and Compensation Act 2001, Her Excellency the Administra­ Note Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

These regulations are administered by the Department of Labour.

1 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2004 Reprinted as at 25 June 2004 tor of the Government, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
Contents Title Commencement Interpretation Formula for indexation of amount of maximum weekly compensation Revocations Page 2 2 2 3 4 Regulations Title These regulations are the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compen­ sation) Regulations 2004.

Commencement These regulations come into force on 1 July 2004.
Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,— 1998 Act means the Accident Insurance Act 1998 2001 Act means the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001 2003 regulations means the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compen­ sation) Regulations 2003 (SR 2003/122) insurer has the same meaning as in section 341(1) of the 2001 Act Labour Cost Index means the Labour Cost Index All (Indus­ try or Occupation) Groups Combined, All Sectors Combined, Total Wage and Salary Rates published from time to time by Statistics New Zealand.
Reprinted as at 25 June 2004 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2004 r 4 4 (1) (2) Formula for indexation of amount of maximum weekly compensation The Corporation or the insurer (as the case may be) must ad­ just the amount of $1,418.29, which is the amount speciﬁed in clause 46(1) of Schedule 1 of the 2001 Act (as adjusted by regulation 4 of the 2003 regulations), and the amount of $1,418.29 speciﬁed under clause 21(1) of Schedule 1 of the 1998 Act (as adjusted by regulation 4 of the 2003 regulations), in accordance with the formula in subclause (2).
The formula has the following steps: (a) ﬁrst,— where— a where— c d b c e is 1062, which is the Labour Cost Index for the March 2004 quarter is 1039, which is the Labour Cost Index for the March 2003 quarter is 1.0221, which is the result of the division worked out to 4 decimal places; and (b) second,— c × d = e is 1.0221 is $1,418.29, which is the amount speciﬁed in clause 46(1) of Schedule 1 of the 2001 Act (as ad­ justed by regulation 4 of the 2003 regulations) or (as the case may be) the amount speciﬁed under clause 21(1) of Schedule 1 of the 1998 Act (as adjusted by regulation 4 of the 2003 regulations) is $1,449.6342, which is the result of the multi­ plication worked out to 4 decimal places; and (c) third, e is rounded down to the nearest cent to give $1,449.63.
3 r 5 (3) 5 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2004 Reprinted as at 25 June 2004 The Corporation or the insurer (as the case may be) must apply the adjusted amount of $1,449.63 to payments of weekly com­ pensation for loss of earnings made on and after 1 July 2004.
Revocations The following regulations are revoked: (a) the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensa­ tion (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2003 (SR 2003/122): the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensa­ tion (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2002 (SR 2002/23).

(b) Diane Morcom, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 July 2004, relate to sections 115 and 342 of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001.

They prescribe the formula that applies when adjusting the maximum amount of weekly compensation for loss of earnings speciﬁed in clause 46(1) of Schedule 1 of that Act or the corresponding amount under the Accident Insurance Act 1998.
The maximum amount currently speciﬁed in clause 46(1) (and under the corresponding provision in the Accident Insurance Act 1998) as adjusted by the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2003 is $1,418.29 a week.

On and after 1 July 2004, the maximum amount will be $1,449.63 a week.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
4 Reprinted as at 25 June 2004 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2004 Date of notiﬁcation in Gazette: 24 June 2004.
5 Notes Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2004 Reprinted as at 25 June 2004 Contents 1 2 3 4 General Status of reprints How reprints are prepared Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent ﬁrst) General This is a reprint of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compen­ sation) Regulations 2004.
The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the regulations as at 25 June 2004, as speciﬁed in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.

Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that have yet to come into force or that contain relevant transitional or savings provisions are also included, after the principal enact­ ment, in chronological order.
Status of reprints Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment.

This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.
This presumption may be rebutted by producing the ofﬁcial volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the prin­ cipal enactment and its amendments are contained.

How reprints are prepared A number of editorial conventions are followed in the prep­ aration of reprints.
For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked 5 Notes 1 2 3 6 Reprinted as at 25 June 2004 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2004 Notes are omitted.

For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/legislation/reprints.shtml or Part 8 of the Tables of Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations, and Deemed Regulations in Force.
4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.

Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.
A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000.

Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing.

To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all le­ gislation reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reﬂects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.
In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the au­ thority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint: • omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”) typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point) layout of provisions, including: • • indentation position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section) format of deﬁnitions (eg, the deﬁned term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks) format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”) 7 • • • • Notes Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2004 Reprinted as at 25 June 2004 • • • • • • • position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act) punctuation (eg, colons are not used after deﬁnitions) Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross­references are changed accordingly case and appearance of letters and words, including: • format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial cap­ ital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the ﬁrst word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter) small capital letters in section and subsection ref­ erences are now capital letters • schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross­references are changed accord­ ingly running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page) format of two­column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chrono­ logical).
List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent ﬁrst) Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2009 5 12 8