---
title: "Prepare a New South Wales victims support application"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/prepare-the-application-to-a-state-victims-support-scheme/new-south-wales"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A62-V20261018-4-NSW"
practice_area: "Victims of Crime Support & Compensation"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["NSW"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Prepare a New South Wales victims support application

> From the lawyer's register and the documents the lawyer marks, complete the Victims Support Scheme fields for the support sought and the attachments. Do not write what happened to the client.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/prepare-the-application-to-a-state-victims-support-scheme/new-south-wales  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Victims of Crime Support & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the lawyer's register and the documents the lawyer marks, complete the Victims Support Scheme fields for the support sought and the attachments. Do not write what happened to the client. |
| What the lawyer must review | Confirm whether the application is for counselling, financial assistance or a recognition payment Check the published time limit for that support The tool writes nothing about the act of violence |
| Written for | New South Wales |
| Applies to | [Prepare the application to a state victims support scheme](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/prepare-the-application-to-a-state-victims-support-scheme.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer chooses the kind of victims support and checks the published time limit and documents. The tool does not describe the violence.

- What the AI does: From the lawyer's register and the documents the lawyer marks, complete the Victims Support Scheme fields for the support sought and the attachments. Do not write what happened to the client.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer decides which support is sought, checks the fields and documents, and confirms the client approves the application.
- 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. Separate counselling, which the scheme page says has no time limit, from financial assistance and a recognition payment, which do.
2. For a recognition payment, use the recognition-payment page: 10 years for domestic violence or sexual assault, 2 years for other violent crime or modern slavery, with the child and homicide variants on that page.
3. For a primary victim's recognition payment, include a report of what happened and a medical, dental or counselling report showing the effect. If the effect report is not ready, record the published 12-month period to provide it.
4. If a recognition payment would be approved for a person under 18, record that it is paid to NSW Trustee and Guardian until the person turns 18.
5. Do not choose a recognition-payment amount. The published amounts turn on the type of violence.

## Notes

- The scheme pages call the statute the Victims Support Act 2013. The instrument is the Victims Rights and Support Act 2013. Read the current Act before relying on a section number that these pages do not state.
- Practice Note SC Gen 23 does not govern Victims Services. It applies if a later document is prepared for the Supreme Court.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: NSW Victims Support Scheme, Victims Services

**Deliverable**: A draft victims support application with the account of the violence left blank.

**Inputs**

- Lawyer's eligibility register
- Report of what happened
- Medical, dental or counselling report, if a recognition payment is sought

**Example**: Illustrative example: A primary victim seeks a recognition payment after a violent robbery. The draft lists the report of what happened and notes that the effect report is still to come. It does not choose the $1,500 or another amount. The lawyer checks the two-year limit and the 12-month period for the effect report.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The kind of support is not identified, so the time limit cannot be checked.
- The draft describes what happened to the client.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [NSW Government: Victims Support Scheme](https://www.nsw.gov.au/legal-and-justice/information-for-victims-of-crime/victims-support-scheme) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [NSW Government: recognition payment through the Victims Support Scheme](https://www.nsw.gov.au/legal-and-justice/information-for-victims-of-crime/victims-support-scheme/recognition-payment) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Victim Assist Queensland request for funeral expenses](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-qld-victim-assist-funeral-expenses.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Victim Assist page for funeral expenses after a violent crime: a related victim claiming online uses Part A, then Part B, and the email path uses a Funeral Only PDF that was not opened.… |
| [Application for support (NSW Victims Support Scheme)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-nsw-victims-application-for-support.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the current Victims Support Scheme Application for support, for counselling, financial assistance and a recognition payment, with the time limits stated on the making-an-application page. |
| [FAS client authorisation form, where the representative is a lawyer: completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-fas-client-authorisation.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Financial Assistance Scheme client authorisation of July 2026, which the scheme uses instead of a statutory declaration when the authorised representative is a lawyer. |
| [FAS offline legal costs payment application: completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-fas-legal-costs.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Financial Assistance Scheme form lawyers use to claim reasonable legal costs for a complex application when they cannot apply online. |
| [Victims Support Scheme application (NSW): who can apply, the online application and what depends on the victim's situation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-nsw-victims-support-scheme-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the NSW Government's Victims Support Scheme page and online application, with a guide to who the scheme covers (violent crime, modern slavery and road crime), what varies by situation, and… |
| [Primary victim financial assistance application (Northern Territory): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-nt-primary-victim-assistance.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Northern Territory primary victim financial assistance application. The page gives no form number. One claim only for the same violent act.… |
| [Related victim financial assistance application (Victim Assist Queensland Form 7)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-qld-vaq-related-victim.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Victim Assist Queensland Form 7 version 4, for a spouse, partner, parent, child, sibling or dependant after a homicide in Queensland. |
| [Application for financial assistance (Victim Assist Queensland): who can apply and how to lodge](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-qld-victim-assist-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Queensland Government's page for applying to Victim Assist Queensland, with a guide to who can apply, the reporting requirement, online and PDF applications, and the victim's own account. |
| [Letter asking police for a report for a victims application](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/police-report-request-victims-application.md) | Letter | Yellow | A letter asking police for a copy of a report or statement about a violent incident, so it can be used with a victims assistance application.… |
| [NSW recognition payment: category and amount worksheet](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/recognition-payment-category-worksheet-nsw.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A worksheet matching a NSW recognition payment application to the amounts and applicant classes published by Victims Services, with the time frames on that page flagged for checking against the Act. |
| [Family victim financial assistance application (Northern Territory): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-nt-family-victim-assistance.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Northern Territory family victim financial assistance application. The page gives no form number.… |
| [Parent secondary victim financial assistance (Victim Assist Queensland Form 8)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-qld-vaq-parent-secondary.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Victim Assist Queensland Form 8 version 3, for a parent injured by learning of an act of violence against their child in Queensland. |
| [Adult cultural support plan (Victorian Financial Assistance Scheme)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-vic-fas-cultural-support-adult.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the FAS adult cultural support plan for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicant. |
| [Financial Assistance Scheme application (Victoria): applying, nominating someone to help, and the support available](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-vic-financial-assistance-scheme-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Victoria's Financial Assistance Scheme help page, with a guide to nominating someone to apply on the victim's behalf, legal, language and cultural assistance, and the Marra Yattakunar… |
| [Criminal injuries compensation application (Western Australia): eCourts lodgment, the 3-year limit and supporting documents](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-wa-criminal-injuries-compensation-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the WA Office of Criminal Injuries Compensation lodgment page, with a guide to lodging through the eCourts Portal (required for solicitors), no fee, the 3-year time limit and extension… |
| [Letter asking a practitioner for records or a report for a victims application](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/health-report-request-victims-application.md) | Letter | Yellow | A letter asking a doctor, dentist or counsellor for existing records, or a short factual letter, to support a victims assistance application.… |
| [NSW recognition payment: supporting documents checklist](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/recognition-payment-documents-checklist-nsw.md) | Checklist | Green | The documents Victims Services asks a primary victim to lodge with a recognition payment application, and the 12 months the page allows for a late medical, dental or counselling report. |
| [Primary victim application (ACT Financial Assistance Scheme): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-act-primary-victim-assistance.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the ACT primary victim application for financial assistance, on the Human Rights Commission forms page. The link text states no form number. The file name includes a June 2025 string.… |
| [Witness secondary victim financial assistance (Victim Assist Queensland Form 9)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-qld-vaq-witness-secondary.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Victim Assist Queensland Form 9 version 4, for a person injured by seeing or hearing an act of violence in Queensland. |
| [Child and young person cultural support plan (Victorian Financial Assistance Scheme)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-vic-fas-cultural-support-child.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the FAS cultural support plan for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child or young person, including the parent or guardian consent. |
| [Letter supporting a victims assistance application](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/victims-application-supporting-letter.md) | Letter | Yellow | A covering letter to the victims assistance body, sent with the application and the reports the scheme's page asks for.… |
| [Related victims and homicide witnesses application (ACT): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-act-related-victim-assistance.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the ACT related victims and homicide witnesses application on the Human Rights Commission forms page. The link text states no form number.… |
| [NSW victims support: instructions where support may be reduced or refused](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/support-reduced-or-refused-instructions-nsw.md) | Memo | Yellow | A note of the facts a lawyer needs before advising on a possible reduction or refusal of NSW victims support, using the factors the recognition payment page says s 44 includes. |
| [Application for Victims of Crime Assistance (Tasmania): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-tas-victims-assistance.md) | Form | Red | Link to the Tasmanian Application for Victims of Crime Assistance. The financial assistance page states that the application is a statutory declaration and must be witnessed. The lawyer writes it.… |
| [Extension of time (Tasmanian Victims of Crime Assistance): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-tas-victims-extension-of-time.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Tasmanian Application for Extension of Time for Victims of Crime Assistance. The page does not give a form number. The assistance application itself is a separate statutory declaration.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

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