---
title: "Record NSW interim pay while a psychological injury claim is undecided"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/record-early-treatment-and-interim-pay-while-a-mental-injury-claim-is-un/new-south-wales"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WC20261023-2-NSW"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["NSW"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Record NSW interim pay while a psychological injury claim is undecided

> From the claim dates, the certificate and whether the lawyer marks the injury as relevant conduct, list the 7-day provisional path or the 42-day claim-form path the weekly-payments page states.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/record-early-treatment-and-interim-pay-while-a-mental-injury-claim-is-un/new-south-wales  
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 | From the claim dates, the certificate and whether the lawyer marks the injury as relevant conduct, list the 7-day provisional path or the 42-day claim-form path the weekly-payments page states. Do not decide that a payment is due, and do not add a treatment week limit. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide whether the injury is relevant conduct or another psychological injury. Provisional weekly payments are for the injuries the page does not call relevant conduct. A relevant-conduct claim needs the claim form. Do not invent a treatment time limit. Keep medical details in the firm's system. Apply ASCR rule 9, APP 11, and the Privacy Act notifiable-breach test. |
| Written for | New South Wales |
| Applies to | [Record early treatment and interim pay while a mental-injury claim is undecided](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/record-early-treatment-and-interim-pay-while-a-mental-injury-claim-is-un.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer separates relevant conduct from other psychological injuries and uses only the times on the weekly-payments page.

- What the AI does: From the claim dates, the certificate and whether the lawyer marks the injury as relevant conduct, list the 7-day provisional path or the 42-day claim-form path the weekly-payments page states. Do not decide that a payment is due, and do not add a treatment week limit.
- What the lawyer does: Decide whether interim pay is available, and until which date.
- 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. The page lists relevant event types for a primary psychological injury. It calls bullying, sexual harassment, racial harassment and excessive work demands relevant conduct.
2. For injuries other than relevant conduct, the insurer starts provisional weekly payments within 7 calendar days unless it has a reasonable excuse, or it gives that excuse within 7 days, or it determines liability. After a claim form, it has 21 days to accept or dispute.
3. For relevant conduct, compensation is not paid until a completed claim form is received. The insurer has 42 days from receipt to decide. If it does not decide, the claim is deemed accepted.
4. If a certificate of capacity is not provided, the insurer may stop weekly payments within 7 days of advising that the certificate is required. No separate early-treatment week limit was on the page.

## Notes

- The claim form was not opened. The page says to give as much detail as possible in section 3A. It does not set out the boxes. The relevant-event list on the page also includes violence, serious criminal conduct, witnessing a traumatic incident, a death in the worker's care, and vicarious trauma. Those are not in the sentence that defines relevant conduct.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: SIRA weekly-payments page, for a New South Wales psychological injury

**Deliverable**: A dated note of the provisional path or the 42-day path. No decision that a payment is due.

**Inputs**

- Notification date and claim-form date
- Whether the lawyer marks relevant conduct
- Certificate of capacity

**Example**: Illustrative example: The worker notifies bullying on 1 June and the claim form is received on 10 June. The tool counts 42 days from 10 June and does not start a 7-day provisional clock. It does not say the payment is due.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The lawyer has not said whether the injury is relevant conduct.
- The tool is asked for an early-treatment week limit.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [SIRA: Weekly payments](https://www.sira.nsw.gov.au/workers-compensation/what-you-can-claim/weekly-payments) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) section 11A](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/wca1987255/s11a.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.*