24 May 2017
Mr David Lawson
Email:
[FYI request #5881 email] Dear Mr Lawson
Official Information Act Request
Thank you for your request of 15 May 2017, asking for the following information under
the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I note that the 2016 version of the ACC Treatment Provider Handbook has
subsequently been updated on the ACC website with a 2017 version, and I have
been unable to locate a copy of the original version of the 2016 ACC Treatment
Provider Handbook.
I therefore respectfully request that ACC Government Services make available to
me in PDF format, returned through the FYI website in response to this request, a
complete copy of the 2016 version of the ACC Treatment Provider Handbook.
Our response
There were two Treatment Provider Handbooks published on ACC’s website
www.acc.co.nz during 2016. The first (attachment ‘TPH 2015’) was first published in
2015 and remained on ACC’s website until May 2016, when it was replaced by the
handbook published in 2016 (attachment ‘TPH 2016’). We have provided you with both
handbooks for comparative purposes.
Please find this information enclosed.
Request to treat as urgent We acknowledge you asked for this request to be treated with urgency. One of the
reasons for urgency you provided was “the information being required for review or
appeal submissions”. If you make any future requests for urgency on a similar basis,
please provide a date for the review or appeal hearing the submissions are being
prepared for, so we can properly consider whether treating the request with urgency is
warranted.
ACC is happy to answer your questions If you have any questions or concerns about the information provided, ACC wil be happy
to work with you to resolve these. Please address any concerns by emailing
[email address] or in writing to
Government Services, PO Box 242,
Wellington 6140.
If you’re unhappy with ACC’s response, you may make a complaint to the Office of the
Ombudsman. You can call them on 0800 802 602 between 9am and 5pm on weekdays,
or write to
The Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wel ington 6143.
Yours sincerely
Government Services