---
title: "Record New South Wales death benefits from the current benefits guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/record-statutory-death-benefits-for-a-deceased-worker-s-dependants/new-south-wales"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WC20261023-20-NSW"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["NSW"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Record New South Wales death benefits from the current benefits guide

> From the date of death, whether the death is a dust disease, and the dependent children, using a firm-controlled tool, table the guide's current amounts and mark who-is-a-dependant as not stated in the section read.…

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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 | From the date of death, whether the death is a dust disease, and the dependent children, using a firm-controlled tool, table the guide's current amounts and mark who-is-a-dependant as not stated in the section read. Do not pick the dust table unless the guide's distinction applies. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide which table applies, using the dust-disease distinction. Use the amount for the date of death, not a later indexation row. Do not describe the funeral figure as a weekly payment. Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test. |
| Written for | New South Wales |
| Applies to | [Record statutory death benefits for a deceased worker's dependants](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/record-statutory-death-benefits-for-a-deceased-worker-s-dependants.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

Table 24 is $990,350 for a death from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 under section 25(1)(a). The 2015 amendment does not apply for the Dust Diseases Act, and Table 25 is then $697,750. Each dependent child is $177.30 a week under Table 26. Funeral expenses under Table 27 are $15,000 from 5 August 2015. The lump sum is the amount at the date of death. Funds-management costs and funeral expenses are the benefits the guide says are not indexed on 1 April. The section read does not define a dependant. Dust-disease spouse and child weekly tables are separate.

- What the AI does: From the date of death, whether the death is a dust disease, and the dependent children, using a firm-controlled tool, table the guide's current amounts and mark who-is-a-dependant as not stated in the section read. Do not pick the dust table unless the guide's distinction applies.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer decides the legal question, checks the sources, and authorises anything the family or the insurer will receive.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in statutory workers compensation
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Choose Table 24 or Table 25 only by the dust-disease note.
2. Count dependent children for Table 26. Do not use the dust-disease child figure of Table 32 unless that Act applies.
3. State funeral expenses as $15,000, not as a weekly amount.
4. Leave apportionment and the meaning of dependant open. They were not in the section read.

## Notes

- 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 paid-first-responders page says an exempt worker's death may attract funeral expenses, other support and a lump sum. It states no different figures. The 2023 comparison table's $901,600 lump sum is an older row and was not used.
- If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: New South Wales, SIRA workers compensation benefits guide, death benefits

**Deliverable**: A dated benefits table, with the dust-disease choice shown.

**Inputs**

- Date of death
- Whether the death is claimed under the Dust Diseases Act
- Number of dependent children
- Whether a child's share is managed by the NSW Trustee

**Example**: Illustrative example: A worker dies on 2 May 2026 from a workplace injury that is not a dust disease, leaving two dependent children. The table uses Table 24 at $990,350, Table 26 at $177.30 a week for each child, and funeral expenses of $15,000. It does not say who is a dependant. The lawyer decides that, and any apportionment.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The date of death is outside 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 and a different row has not been read for the advice.
- The draft uses Table 25 for a death that is not a dust disease.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [SIRA: workers compensation benefits guide](https://www.sira.nsw.gov.au/resources-library/workers-compensation-resources/publications/workers-and-claims/workers-compensation-benefits-guide) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [SIRA: paid first responders](https://www.sira.nsw.gov.au/workers-compensation/what-you-can-claim/paid-first-responders) (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.*