Check a New South Wales journey against the real and substantial connection
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the route, the date and any stop or impairment, using a firm-controlled tool, table section 10 and the guide's connection test. Do not decide cover. Do not apply the guide to an exempt worker.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether section 10 and the connection test are met.
- Section 10(3A) requires a real and substantial connection for a journey to or from the place of abode.
- Do not use this guide for an exempt worker. That page was not opened.
- Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test.
Rules that apply
The document starts from the task name. Change it if this piece of work is different.
The work product
Forum. New South Wales, Workers Compensation Act 1987, section 10, and the SIRA journey guide
Produce. A section 10 note for a non-exempt worker.
Have ready. Date and route; Any fact said to connect the employment with the accident; Stops, alcohol or drugs, and any personal medical condition; Whether the worker is exempt.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: A worker crashes while driving home in the dark after being asked to stay late. The note records the guide's requirement of a real and substantial connection and does not treat the commute as enough. The lawyer decides. The tool does not write that darkness is always enough.
Stop and hand it back when
- The worker is exempt and the exempt page has not been opened.
- The connection between the employment and the accident is not described.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the route, the date and any stop or impairment, using a firm-controlled tool, table section 10 and the guide's connection test. Do not decide cover. Do not apply the guide to an exempt worker. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Apply section 10 as opened. Do not add a commencement date. The opened section states none.
- Look for a fact connecting the employment to the accident, not only the fact of travelling home.
- Check misconduct, alcohol or drugs, a personal medical condition, and any deviation.
- Record the land boundary. An injury before the worker crosses it is not yet the journey from home.
Sources
- AustLII: Workers Compensation Act 1987, section 10 · 2026-10-23
- SIRA claims guide: journey and recess claims · 2026-10-23
If this is lodged with the Personal Injury Commission, Procedural Direction PIC13 paragraph 12 forbids a generative tool from writing the content of a person's evidence. Paragraph 10 covers compelled and publication-restricted material. It is not a general health-record rule.
The section was read on an AustLII consolidation. Confirm the in-force wording on the official legislation site before reliance.
The guide's discussions of decided cases are the guide's account. A motor-accident claim is a different task. The exempt-worker journey page was not opened.