09 December 2025
Spencer Jones
[FYI request #32534 email]
Kia ora Spencer
Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-044691
Thank you for your email of 26 November 2025, asking for the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1. Cost Centre / Project / Programme Codes
In my original request I asked for:
* cost centre codes
* project codes
* programme codes
commonly used when recording or processing:
* ICRA matters
* Fairway matters
* District Court appeals
* High Court appeals
* Tribunal matters (HRRT, ERA, etc.)
* External legal counsel engagement
These items were not addressed in either GOV-043640 or GOV-044064, and no refusal grounds were
cited.
**Please confirm whether ACC holds cost centre, project, or programme codes used for the above
categories.**
If none exist, please confirm this explicitly under **section 18(e)**.
2. Data Dictionary / Field Definitions
My request also sought:
> “any data dictionary or field description for the fields used in ACC’s systems to record external
legal spend, dispute forum, matter category, or review/appeal type.”
This includes fields such as:
* **Forum**
* **Matter Type**
* **Appeal / Review**
* **ICRA / Fairway**
* **Internal Counsel / External Counsel**
* Any field used to generate Appendix 2 (26 November response)
Your response did not state whether such definitions exist.
**Please confirm whether ACC holds a data dictionary, schema, or field description for these
fields.**
If not, please confirm under the relevant OIA provision.
3. Analysis Code 06030 (ICRA/Fairway)
Your 26 November response states:
> “ACC only uses one code to track ICRA and Fairway: 06030.”
To understand this accurately, please confirm:
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* Whether **any sub-codes**, **attributes**, **tags**, or **fields** within 06030 distinguish
between ICRA and Fairway.
* If such identifiers exist, please provide the field names and descriptions.
* If no internal differentiation exists, please confirm this explicitly.
4. Source Systems Used for Appendix 2
Please confirm which finance/ERP or legal-tracking systems were used to extract the data in
Appendix 2 (e.g., TechOne, Salesforce, LAS, ECAT, other internal datasets).
This is for transparency of source systems only — not a request for raw data.
Can the structural metadata requested above (cost centres, project codes, data dictionary
definitions) be supplied without invoking section 18(f)?
Response to parts 1 to 3 There are no cost centre or other codes for litigation costs associated with claim-related client reviews
for the specific categories you have outlined, other than the codes we have previously provided in our
response of 26 November 2025 (GOV-044064).
There is no additional data dictionary that we could provide apart from the one we included in our
response of 26 November 2025 (GOV-044064).
There are no other codes or sub-codes to differentiate between ICRA and Fairway, we have provided all
information to answer this question in our response of 26 November 2025 (GOV-044064).
Accordingly, we are refusing these parts of your request under section 18(e) of the Act, as the
requested information does not exist.
Response to part 4
ACC used the following systems to extract the information in Appendix 2 of our response of 26
November 2025 (GOV-044064):
• Med Fees Processing (MFP)
• Oracle
Under section 12(2) of the Act, requests for information must be made with due particularity.
We have not been able to identify the information you are seeking in the following part of your request:
Can the structural metadata requested above (cost centres, project codes, data dictionary
definitions) be supplied without invoking section 18(f)?
As this part of your request lacks due particularity, we are unable to respond. The Ombudsman guide
Making official information requests: A guide for requesters provides further information about making
official information requests in line with section 12(2) of the Act. You can read this guide at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/resources/making-official-information-requests-guide-requesters. 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 response
s https://www.acc.co.nz/contact/official-information-act-requests.
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If you have any questions about this response, please get in touch
You can email me at
[email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you can also contact the Ombudsman via
[email address] or by phoning 0800 802 602. Information about how to make a
complaint is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. Ngā mihi
Christopher Johnston
Manager Official Information Act Services Government Engagement
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