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title: "List the Victorian authorities a client signs for treatment and wage records"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/list-the-authorities-the-client-must-sign-to-collect-treatment-and-wage/victoria"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-IN20261023-9-VIC"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["VIC"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# List the Victorian authorities a client signs for treatment and wage records

> In a firm-controlled tool, list the authorities the lawyer says the client must sign so the firm can collect treatment and wage records, and note that a Medicare recovery may arise later.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | In a firm-controlled tool, list the authorities the lawyer says the client must sign so the firm can collect treatment and wage records, and note that a Medicare recovery may arise later. The tool does not complete a notice of judgment or settlement, and it does not complete a scheme authority. |
| What the lawyer must review | Choose the authorities yourself. The client signs them. Do not complete a WorkSafe medical-information authority, or a Medicare notice of judgment or settlement. Keep treatment records in a firm-controlled tool. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply. |
| Written for | Victoria |
| Applies to | [List the authorities the client must sign to collect treatment and wage records](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/list-the-authorities-the-client-must-sign-to-collect-treatment-and-wage.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer chooses the authorities. The list separates the firm's authority from a WorkSafe form and from a later Medicare notice.

- What the AI does: In a firm-controlled tool, list the authorities the lawyer says the client must sign so the firm can collect treatment and wage records, and note that a Medicare recovery may arise later. The tool does not complete a notice of judgment or settlement, and it does not complete a scheme authority.
- What the lawyer does: Make the legal assessment, check the source material and authorise the output for its intended use.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in this practice area
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Keep the firm's authority separate from any scheme form. The client signs what the lawyer has chosen.
2. On a WorkSafe claim other than a death claim, section 20(3) requires a signed authority. Do not complete it.
3. Record that a Medicare notice may be required later. Do not complete the notice of judgment or settlement, and do not release a payment.
4. Do not collapse the page's judgment test and settlement test into one dollar rule. The lawyer reads both.

## Notes

- The firm's authority to collect treatment and wage records is separate from a scheme form. Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 section 20(3): a claim for compensation, other than a claim arising from the death of a worker, must include an authority signed by the worker. The authority lets a provider of a medical service or hospital service give the Authority, self-insurer or employer information about the service relevant to the claim. Do not complete that authority. State health-records legislation was not opened.
- The Services Australia page is Commonwealth and applies in Victoria. A notifiable person must tell the agency in writing where a compensation amount of more than $5,000 was fixed by judgment or settlement under Australian law, including legal costs for settlements, or a reimbursement arrangement was made more than 6 months after a claim was lodged. The payer completes a notice of judgment or settlement within 28 days. The same page says notice is not required if the claim settled for less than $5,000 including all costs, or if within 6 months of the claim there is a reimbursement arrangement for medical expenses. A later part of the page separates a judgment that fixes compensation at more than $5,000 not including costs from a settlement that fixes it at more than $5,000 including all costs. This list records that the recovery may arise. It does not give the notice. The lawyer checks which limb applies.
- Keep health, wage and scheme records in a firm-controlled tool. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply. A breach may be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Victoria: authorities to collect treatment and wage records, with a Medicare flag

**Deliverable**: A list of authorities for the client to sign, plus a note that a Medicare recovery may arise and is not done here.

**Inputs**

- The records the lawyer wants collected
- Whether a WorkSafe claim is being lodged
- The lawyer's choice of authority wording

**Example**: Illustrative example: The lawyer wants hospital records and payslips. The list has a firm authority for the client to sign, and a line that a WorkSafe medical authority is not completed by the tool. No Medicare notice is prepared.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The tool would complete or sign an authority.
- The tool would lodge a Medicare notice of judgment or settlement.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic) section 20](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wiraca2013484/s20.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Services Australia: Medicare compensation recovery notification requirements](https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/medicare-compensation-recovery-notification-requirements?context=23211) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [OAIC: Australian Privacy Principle 11 guidelines](https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/australian-privacy-principles/australian-privacy-principles-guidelines/chapter-11-app-11-security-of-personal-information) (checked 2026-10-23)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*