---
title: "Test a psychological injury against the management-action exclusion"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-psychological-injury-against-the-management-action-exclusion"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WC20261023-3"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Test a psychological injury against the management-action exclusion

> From the worker's account and the employer's documents the lawyer has selected, using a firm-controlled tool, table each event against the management-action elements the opened page states for that state.…

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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 worker's account and the employer's documents the lawyer has selected, using a firm-controlled tool, table each event against the management-action elements the opened page states for that state. Do not decide compensability. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide whether the injury is compensable, including any management-action exclusion. Do not apply another state's exclusion. Victoria's opened pages do not state one. In New South Wales, decide the relevant event before the section 11A question. Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test. |
| Written for / versions | 3 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

The lawyer checks the output against the file and the linked sources before it is used or sent.

- What the AI does: From the worker's account and the employer's documents the lawyer has selected, using a firm-controlled tool, table each event against the management-action elements the opened page states for that state. Do not decide compensability.
- What the lawyer does: Decide whether the injury is compensable, including any management-action exclusion. Do not apply another state's exclusion. Victoria's opened pages do not state one. In New South Wales, decide the relevant event before the section 11A question. Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in statutory workers compensation
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.
- Why: The level reflects what the work is, the consequence of an error, and how much the lawyer must check on every file.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. List the employer's action and the worker's account separately. Do not merge them into one cause.
2. In New South Wales, answer the relevant-event question before applying section 11A.
3. In Queensland, include action by the insurer or the Regulator on the claim as its own row. Section 32(5)(c) names it.
4. Do not write a Victorian management-action exclusion. The opened Victorian pages do not state one.

## Notes

- The Queensland text was read on the AustLII consolidation, not on the legislation.qld.gov.au HTML, which did not return the section. Confirm the in-force wording.
- Exempt New South Wales workers, coal miners, volunteers and dust-disease claims are outside the new psychological-injury requirements on the SIRA page.
- If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.

## Sources

- [WorkSafe Victoria: provisional payments for mental injuries](https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/victorias-provisional-payments-better-support-mental-injuries) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [AustLII consolidated text: Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) s 32](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/wcara2003400/s32.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld), in force](https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2003-027) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [SIRA: psychological injuries, guidance for insurers](https://www.sira.nsw.gov.au/workers-compensation/psychological-injuries-guidance-for-insurers) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [New South Wales](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-psychological-injury-against-the-management-action-exclusion/new-south-wales.md) | Yellow |
| [Queensland](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-psychological-injury-against-the-management-action-exclusion/queensland.md) | Yellow |
| [Victoria](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-psychological-injury-against-the-management-action-exclusion/victoria.md) | Yellow |

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