Record another payment that may reduce a New South Wales recognition payment
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From awards, settlements and insurer letters the lawyer marks, list each payment, who paid it, the date, and whether it relates to the violent crime. Do not decide that the recognition payment will be reduced, and do not prepare a repayment demand.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether the payment is money from another source for the violent crime
- Do not look for a victim repayment demand or a set number of days to notify. The opened pages describe neither.
- Do not treat money the State seeks from the offender as money the victim must repay
- Use a firm-controlled tool for health records. ASCR r 9, APP 11 and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) apply.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. New South Wales Victims Support Scheme, reduction for money received from another source
Produce. A list of other payments. The lawyer decides whether a reduction arises.
Have ready. Awards, settlements and insurer letters the lawyer marks; The recognition-payment page; Any restitution document, kept separate.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: An insurer paid $4,000 for the same crime. The list records the insurer, the amount and the date. It does not reduce the recognition figure and it does not draft a repayment letter.
Stop and hand it back when
- The other payment cannot be tied to this crime.
- The only figure on the file is a restitution amount the State seeks from the offender.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From awards, settlements and insurer letters the lawyer marks, list each payment, who paid it, the date, and whether it relates to the violent crime. Do not decide that the recognition payment will be reduced, and do not prepare a repayment demand. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- The recognition page says support may be declined or the amount reduced, and points to section 44 of the Act at legislation.nsw.gov.au, act-2013-037. The section text was not opened.
- The factors the page itself lists include money the applicant has received from another source in relation to the violent crime, including under an insurance policy or other agreement. The page says the factors include, but are not limited to, the ones it prints.
- The same list includes behaviour of the deceased that directly or indirectly contributed to the death, including past criminal activity. That is a different factor. Do not treat it as a repayment.
- The opened pages do not describe a demand that the victim repay, and they do not state a number of days in which to notify another payment.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Related victim financial assistance application (Victim Assist Queensland Form 7) | Form | AI use 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) | Form | AI use 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. |
| Witness secondary victim financial assistance (Victim Assist Queensland Form 9) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to Victim Assist Queensland Form 9 version 4, for a person injured by seeing or hearing an act of violence in Queensland. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- NSW Government: Recognition payment · 2026-10-23
- NCAT: Victims recognition payments or restitution orders · 2026-10-23
The page text calls the Act the Victims Support Act 2013. The link title calls it the Victims Rights and Support Act 2013. Both point at act-2013-037. Use the section, not a guessed short title, until the text is opened.
A restitution order is money the State seeks from the offender. It is not an amount the victim has received.
Insurer and 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).