New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

3 Interpretation

• In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

  Act means the Social Security Act 1964

  compensation—

  • (a) means a payment made—

    • (i) in satisfaction of a judgment or order of any court or an award of any tribunal, but not including an award of costs; or

    • (ii) in settlement of a claim against the Crown (whether or not that claim has been formally filed in a court or tribunal); and

  • (b) does not include a payment made pursuant to—

    • (i) an employment relationship; or

    • (ii) a contract to provide goods or services

  economic loss means loss that is of a pecuniary nature, for example, lost wages

  ex gratia payment means a payment made without an acknowledgment of legal liability

  harm—

  • (a) means illness, injury, or both; and

  • (b) includes—

    • (i) physical harm; and

    • (ii) mental harm; and

    • (iii) humiliation, loss of dignity, and injury to the feelings of the aggrieved person; but

  • (c) does not include—

    • (i) economic loss; or

    • (ii) loss or reduction of property; or

    • (iii) loss of any benefit, whether or not of a monetary kind, that the aggrieved person might reasonably have been expected to obtain; or

    • (iv) loss of employment or loss of office

  property has the meaning given to it by section 4 of the Property Law Act 2007.