---
title: "Workers compensation claim (WorkSafe ACT): completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-act-wc-claim"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a21-form-act-wc-claim"
area_id: "A21"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A21-T1-R5", "A21-A20260923-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Workers compensation claim (WorkSafe ACT): completion guide

> Link to the WorkSafe ACT page on how to make a workers compensation claim. Claim forms come from the employer. The page states the notification and claim steps. It does not publish a government form number.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-act-wc-claim  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Personal Injury & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australian Capital Territory
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at worksafe.act.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Australian Capital Territory.

## When to use it

Use when checking the WorkSafe ACT steps for a worker's compensation claim, including notice to the employer and, where the worker is incapacitated for 7 days or more, the claim form and certificate of capacity. Do not invent a form number. The claim form is obtained from the employer.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft the pre-action notice or statutory claim form from the instructions](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/draft-the-pre-action-notice-or-statutory-claim-form-from-the-instruction.md)
- [Reconcile the claim form with the medical chronology and payroll evidence](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/reconcile-the-claim-form-with-the-medical-chronology-and-payroll-evidenc.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may check a draft against the current form and list gaps. The lawyer writes the injury account and checks every form that will be signed or lodged.

**AI may:**

- Check the draft against the current official form and list blank fields and missing attachments named on the page
- Flag when a death claim, a dispute form or a medical certificate is being used as the worker's claim form
- List the lodgement path stated on the page that was opened

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft the injury narrative or any words that would be signed or lodged
- Must not decide whether the injury is compensable or calculate an entitlement
- Must not sign, lodge or serve the form

**The lawyer checks:**

- The current form is the one the scheme page prescribes for this kind of claim
- The injury account, dates and earnings match the instructions and the medical certificate
- Any time limit, excess or insurer step is checked against the current scheme rules
- The court's or tribunal's current index is checked before assuming a generative-AI practice direction applies. None was stated on the page opened for this guide.

## Authorities

- [WorkSafe ACT, How to make a workers' compensation claim](https://www.worksafe.act.gov.au/workers-compensation/making-a-claim)
- [Comcare, Certificate of Capacity, linked from the WorkSafe ACT claim page](https://www.comcare.gov.au/claims/assessing-claims/certificate-of-capacity)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.worksafe.act.gov.au/workers-compensation/making-a-claim)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by worksafe.act.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-act-wc-claim and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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