894 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 41

3.2 Expressions not otherwise defined in this Framework but which are defined in the Act are to be given the meaning provided in that Act unless the context requires otherwise.

3.3 For the purposes of the management and payment (under an Accreditation Agreement) of claims arising out of a work-related personal injury suffered by an employee of an Accredited Employer during a Cover Period, the Accredited Employer must agree that the injured person is to continue to be the responsibility of that Accredited Employer even if:

(a) The employment relationship comes to an end subsequent to the injury; or

(b) The claim for work-related personal injury is lodged after the end of the relevant Cover Period or the end of the employment relationship.

PART 1

Partnership Discount Plan

4. Outline of the Partnership Discount Plan

4.1 The Partnership Discount Plan is open to employers who satisfy the criteria set out in section 326E of the Act (and more particularly contained in paragraph 11) and who enter into a Contract for Partnership Discount with the Manager which provides for self management by the Accredited Employer of all work-related personal injuries to their employees.

4.2 Such Contract for Partnership Discount must specify a Claim Management Period which runs for the remainder of the relevant Cover Period in which the work-related personal injury was suffered together with a further period which must be for a minimum period of 12 months and a maximum period of 24 months from the expiry of that Cover Period.

4.3 The Accredited Employer must agree to meet, during the Claim Management Period, the costs of providing statutory entitlements, to the extent set out in paragraphs 13 and 14.5, in relation to work-related personal injuries suffered during a Cover Period by employees of that Employer.

4.4 If, at the expiration of the Claim Management Period provided for in the Contract for Partnership Discount, an employee of the Accredited Employer, who has suffered a work-related personal injury during the Cover Period, still has or may have statutory entitlements related to that injury, then the management of that claim and responsibility for payment of the statutory entitlements arising after that date must pass to the Manager.

4.5 An Accredited Employer under the Partnership Discount Plan may elect to have its liability above the Limit capped for each respective Cover Period in the manner set out in paragraph 16.

4.6 The initial Contract for Partnership Discount must be for a minimum 3 Cover Periods the first of which may be for a part year with the next two Cover Periods each being for a year. However, on expiry of that initial term, such Contract for Partnership Discount may be extended from time to time but no one extension may be for longer than 3 Cover Periods.

4.7 Nothing in this paragraph is to limit:

(a) The right of the Manager to cancel the Accreditation Agreement earlier if the Accredited Employer no longer complies with this Framework or no longer fulfils the requirements under the Act (as set out in paragraph 11.2); or

(b) The right of either party to cancel the Accreditation Agreement for breach by the other party.

4.8 In exchange for the Contract for Partnership Discount, the Accredited Employer is entitled to a lower premium under the Act as calculated under paragraph 6.

4.9 The provisions of this Part 1 are to be read with the general provisions of Part 3 which are common to both the Partnership Discount Plan and Full Self Cover Plan.

5. Eligibility of the Employer

5.1 To be eligible to enter into the Partnership Discount Plan the employer must:

(a) Satisfy the general eligibility requirements in paragraph 11; and

(b) Make application to the Manager in the form specified by the Manager; and

(c) Execute a Contract for Partnership Discount in the form stipulated by the Manager (being a form consistent with the Act and this Framework).

5.2 The decision to offer a Contract for Partnership Discount to an employer is to be made by the Chief Executive of the Manager or his or her immediate delegate.