---
title: "Prepare a New South Wales client for an injury management meeting"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-the-client-for-a-meeting-about-return-to-work/new-south-wales"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-IN20261023-20-NSW"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["NSW"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Prepare a New South Wales client for an injury management meeting

> Draft a note the lawyer will settle, setting out that a plan may be established for a significant injury, that the insurer must give a weekly-payments statement in the terms of section 45(4), and that section 47…

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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 | Draft a note the lawyer will settle, setting out that a plan may be established for a significant injury, that the insurer must give a weekly-payments statement in the terms of section 45(4), and that section 47 requires participation, compliance with the plan, and, when requested, nomination of a treating doctor and an authority. Do not tell the client to comply or refuse, and do not draft the authority. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer settles the words the client sees, including the weekly-payments sentence. Check that no authority was drafted and that the client is not told to comply or refuse. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether a breach is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). |
| Written for | New South Wales |
| Applies to | [Prepare the client for a meeting about return to work](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-the-client-for-a-meeting-about-return-to-work.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The client may need the section 45 warning and the section 47 duties before the meeting. The lawyer chooses the words.

- What the AI does: Draft a note the lawyer will settle, setting out that a plan may be established for a significant injury, that the insurer must give a weekly-payments statement in the terms of section 45(4), and that section 47 requires participation, compliance with the plan, and, when requested, nomination of a treating doctor and an authority. Do not tell the client to comply or refuse, and do not draft the authority.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer settles the words the client sees, including the weekly-payments sentence. Check that no authority was drafted and that the client is not told to comply or refuse. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether a breach is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
- Who reviews: Responsible lawyer with competence in the matter
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Significant injury is tied to the more-than-7-days definition before the plan duties are stated.
2. The weekly-payments sentence matches section 45(4): it is about unreasonable failure after a request, and it is a statement the insurer must give.
3. The note does not say payments have stopped.
4. No authority is drafted.

## Notes

- The lawyer decides whether this injury appears to be a significant injury.
- The client does not receive the note until the lawyer has settled it.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: New South Wales. A meeting about an injury management plan.

**Deliverable**: A client note the lawyer settles, without an authority and without a comply-or-refuse instruction.

**Inputs**

- Whether the incapacity is likely to last more than 7 continuous days
- The questions the lawyer approved
- Whether an authority has been requested

**Example**: Illustrative example: A plan meeting is tomorrow and the insurer has asked for a doctor's authority. The draft tells the client the request was made and that the lawyer will prepare any authority. It does not tell the client to sign the insurer's form at the meeting.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The note tells the client they have lost weekly payments.
- The note includes a drafted authority.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) s 45](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/wimawca1998540/s45.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) s 47](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/wimawca1998540/s47.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) s 42](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/wimawca1998540/s42.html) (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.*