---
title: "Record who may apply for a Victorian child, and where the Financial Assistance Scheme pays"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/record-who-may-help-a-child-apply-for-victims-assistance-and-where-the-m/victoria"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A62-VC20261023-2-VIC"
practice_area: "Victims of Crime Support & Compensation"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["VIC"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Record who may apply for a Victorian child, and where the Financial Assistance Scheme pays

> From the age documents and any authority already on the file, record the date of birth, whether an adult is named, and whether the child has asked to apply alone. Do not decide who may apply and do not complete the form.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/record-who-may-help-a-child-apply-for-victims-assistance-and-where-the-m/victoria  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## 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 age documents and any authority already on the file, record the date of birth, whether an adult is named, and whether the child has asked to apply alone. Do not decide who may apply and do not complete the form. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide who may apply for the child and where each payment is sent Check the date of birth against a document before treating the applicant as under 18 Do not name a counsellor or other treating provider as the representative Use a firm-controlled tool for health records. ASCR r 9, APP 11 and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) apply. |
| Written for | Victoria |
| Applies to | [Record who may help a child apply for victims assistance, and where the money is held](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/record-who-may-help-a-child-apply-for-victims-assistance-and-where-the-m.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer decides the representative and the payment destination. The tool records only what the documents already say.

- What the AI does: From the age documents and any authority already on the file, record the date of birth, whether an adult is named, and whether the child has asked to apply alone. Do not decide who may apply and do not complete the form.
- What the lawyer does: Decide who has authority to apply and where the money must be sent.
- 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 violent act must have happened in Victoria. In most cases a trusted adult helps. A child may ask to apply alone, and the scheme considers age, who they live with, why, and whether they usually decide for themselves.
2. An authorised representative must be over 18 and cannot be a service provider providing supports, such as a counsellor. A lawyer, carer, guardian or other trusted adult may apply, update the application, provide documents and communicate.
3. Counselling, medical, safety and other urgent expenses are paid to the service provider. Some other payments go to the young person's account only if they are over 18, and otherwise to a parent or guardian.
4. Payment may instead go to Funds in Court, held by the Senior Master of the Supreme Court. Access then needs an application to the Court.

## Notes

- If the applicant turns 18 while the application is being assessed, the page says they may keep the representative or manage the application themselves.
- The opened page does not say a child can be required to apply alone.
- Health records stay in a firm-controlled tool. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply, and a breach may be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Victorian Financial Assistance Scheme, applications by children and young people

**Deliverable**: A note of the child's age, the adult named on the file, and the payment destination the page allows.

**Inputs**

- Proof of age
- Any authority already on the file
- The children and young people page

**Example**: Illustrative example: The file names a counsellor as the person who will sign. The note records that a treating counsellor cannot be the authorised representative. It does not choose a replacement.

**Stop and escalate when**

- There is no proof of age.
- The proposed representative is a treating provider and no other adult is named.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Victims of Crime Victoria: Children and young people applying to the Financial Assistance Scheme](https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/children-and-young-people-applying-financial-assistance-scheme) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Victims of Crime Victoria: FAS guideline 3.1 Time limits](https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/financial-assistance-scheme-guidelines/time-limits-apply/time-limits-primary-secondary-and-related-victims) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Victims Services recognition payment: amounts, time and documents](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-nsw-victims-recognition-payment.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Victims Services recognition payment page: the published amounts, who the page says may apply, the time limits printed on that page, and the documents a primary victim is asked to provide. |
| [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. |
| [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. |
| [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. |

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.*