Direction to the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation Relating to Government Policy on Social Rehabilitation To the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation (``ACC'') Pursuant to section 159 of the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992 (as inserted by section 19 of the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996), I hereby direct that: (a) except as provided below and until this direction is revoked, payments or provision in respect of social rehabilitation shall be made only as authorised in regulations made under the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992. (b) payments or provision in respect of any item of social rehabilitation referred to in section 26 (2) of the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992, may be made other than as authorised in regulations, provided that the ACC Board has first: (i) agreed, with the Minister for ARCI, the performance indicators for payments or provision, other than as authorised in regulations, in respect of that item of social rehabilitation; and (ii) developed an evaluation methodology in respect of that item of social rehabilitation. (c) once an item of social rehabilitation has been provided for 6 months under paragraph (b) of this direction, ACC must report to the Minister for ARCI on the payments or provision in respect of that item of social rehabilitation other than as authorised by regulations. The report must be provided to the Minister within 2 months of the item of social rehabilitation having been provided under paragraph (b) for 6 months. Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of September 1996. DOUGLAS LORIMER KIDD, Minister for ARCI.