---
title: "Check a Victorian file for a Financial Assistance Scheme repayment"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/work-out-whether-another-payment-must-be-notified-or-assistance-repaid/victoria"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A62-VC20261023-3-VIC"
practice_area: "Victims of Crime Support & Compensation"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["VIC"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Check a Victorian file for a Financial Assistance Scheme repayment

> From awards, settlements and insurer letters the lawyer marks, list each payment, who paid it, the date it was received, and whether the scheme has already paid the same type of assistance.…

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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 awards, settlements and insurer letters the lawyer marks, list each payment, who paid it, the date it was received, and whether the scheme has already paid the same type of assistance. Do not decide that a repayment is owed. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide whether the payment is one guideline 23 covers Do not treat a refusal of the application as, by itself, requiring repayment of interim assistance. Settle any repayment response before it is sent 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 | [Work out whether another payment must be notified or assistance repaid](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/work-out-whether-another-payment-must-be-notified-or-assistance-repaid.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer decides whether guideline 23 repayment arises. The tool lists payments and dates.

- What the AI does: From awards, settlements and insurer letters the lawyer marks, list each payment, who paid it, the date it was received, and whether the scheme has already paid the same type of assistance. Do not decide that a repayment is owed.
- What the lawyer does: Decide whether a repayment is required and what is said in reply.
- 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. Guideline 23 allows a repayment demand in three cases: interim assistance was paid and the application is later refused; another scheme, such as TAC or WorkCover, pays the same type of assistance; or a variation or internal review reduces the amount, in which case the difference may be repayable.
2. A refusal does not automatically require repayment of interim assistance. The scheme considers the victim's circumstances, the impact of repayment, the amount, whether there was dishonesty, and any other relevant circumstance.
3. The review page is a separate step. Being asked to repay, including interim assistance, can itself be internally reviewed. Interim assistance alone cannot.
4. Do not treat money another scheme paid as automatically repayable until the lawyer checks that it is the same assistance type.

## Notes

- Guideline 23.1, the repayment process, was not opened. Do not invent the steps or a number of days for a reply.
- The reduction guideline linked from this page was not opened. This row is repayment of money already paid, not that reduction table.
- Health and insurer 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 repayments

**Deliverable**: A payment list with dates, and the repayment position the lawyer settles.

**Inputs**

- Awards, settlements and insurer letters the lawyer marks
- The scheme decision, if one has been made
- Guideline 23

**Example**: Illustrative example: WorkCover later pays treatment the scheme has already paid. The list records both payments and the dates. It does not calculate a repayment or draft a letter.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The other payment is not the same type of assistance.
- The only fact is that the application was refused.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Victims of Crime Victoria: FAS guideline 23 Repayments](https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/financial-assistance-scheme-guidelines/repayments) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Victims of Crime Victoria: Request a review of an outcome decision](https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/request-review-outcome-decision) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [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. |
| [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. |

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.*