What the official record says
This Act is the Accident Compensation Amendment Act . The following come into force on : ; and (and ). The rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date of Royal assent. This Act amends the Accident Compensation Act 2001 (the ). Replace section 17(4) with: A person must be treated as having New Zealand as the person’s permanent place of residence if— the person— intends to resume a place of residence in New Zealand; and is absent from New Zealand primarily in connection with the person’s employment duties (the remuneration for which is treated as income derived in New Zealand for New Zealand income tax purposes) or for up to 6 months following the completion of the person’s period of employment outside New Zealand; or the person— intends to resume (or assume) a place of resid