30 September 2025
Sean Regan
[FYI request #32273 email]
Kia ora Sean
Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-042966
Thank you for your email of 9 September 2025, asking for the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1.
How many ACC 1171 funding applications between 2020-2025 were for Medicinal Cannabis
Products?
2.
How many applications were declined for not being "Medsafe Approved" products?
Our response
ACC records requests to fund medical cannabis products on individual claim files; we cannot extract
this information from our claims data set. Accordingly, we would need to manually search claim files
active between 2020 and 2025 to know how many relevant requests ACC received, and to understand
why any were declined. Therefore, we are refusing to provide the information requested as doing so
would require substantial collation and research. This decision is made under section 18(f) of the Act.
We considered extending the time limit for responding to your request or applying a charge (as allowed
under the Act). However, neither of these were offered as it was determined the resources required to
respond would unreasonably interfere with the everyday functions of the teams involved.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public
ACC may publish a copy of this response on ACC’s website. All requester data, including your name
and contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released response will be made available
www.acc.co.nz/resources/#/category/12. Please also view this page about making requests and our
published respon
ses https://www.acc.co.nz/contact/official-information-act-requests. If you have any questions about this response, please get in touch
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t [email address]. If you are not happy with this response, you can
also contact the Ombuds
man via [email address] or by phoning 0800 802 602.
Information about how to make a complaint is availab
le at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. Ngā mihi
Christopher Johnston
Manager Official Information Act Services Government Engagement
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