18Date of registration

#### 18 Date of registration 18 Date of registration > > (1) The date on which a person becomes a registered worker is— > > > > > (a) if the person applied to be registered as a worker—the date on which application for the person’s registration was lodged with the Corporation, or > > > > > (b) if the Corporation registered the person on its own initiative—the date of that registration. > > > (2) Despite subsection (1), the Corporation may, on its own initiative or at the request of a person who is registered as a worker, fix, in respect of any person or class of persons, a date of registration that is earlier than the date referred to in that subsection. > > > (3) However, if a person who is registered as a worker has requested an earlier date in accordance with subsection (2), the Corporation must not fix a date that is earlier than 2 years before the request was made, unless the Corporation is satisfied that special circumstances warrant its doing so. > > > (4) On the fixing of a date in accordance with subsection (2)— > > > > > (a) the person or class of persons for whom the date is fixed are taken for all purposes to have been registered on and from that date, and > > > > > (b) service credits to which the person or those persons are entitled under this Act may be credited to the person or those persons in respect of any subsequent dates. > > **s 18:** Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 \[7\]. Subst 2010 No 15, Sch 1 \[6\].