Check whether a New South Wales compensation law bars the safety-defect claim
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- List any workers' compensation amount already paid, and any scheme named on the file that could pay. Do not decide that Part 3-5 is unavailable. The New South Wales workers' compensation Acts were not opened.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether s 146 applies, including an amount that could be recovered.
- Identify the New South Wales workers' compensation statute yourself. It was not opened.
- Do not treat a motor-accident scheme as workers' compensation unless you decide it is one.
- Keep s 50C as a different question from s 146.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. A safety-defect claim where New South Wales workers' compensation could also pay
Produce. A note of amounts paid or possibly recoverable, and the lawyer's conclusion on s 146.
Have ready. Payments and scheme names on the file; The injury facts.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The injury has a workers' compensation claim number and no payment yet. The lawyer treats s 146 as covering an amount that could be recovered, and reads the statute separately.
Stop and hand it back when
- The bar is limited to money in hand.
- An unopened Act section is cited.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | List any workers' compensation amount already paid, and any scheme named on the file that could pay. Do not decide that Part 3-5 is unavailable. The New South Wales workers' compensation Acts were not opened. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Record amounts paid and amounts that could be recovered.
- Separate workers' compensation from an international-agreement law.
- Do not name an unopened section.
- Do not use s 50C as if it were the s 146 bar.
Sources
- Australian Consumer Law, s 146 · 2026-10-23
- Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), s 50C · 2026-10-23
The New South Wales workers' compensation statutes were not opened.
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