---
title: "FAS client authorisation form, where the representative is a lawyer: completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-fas-client-authorisation"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a21-form-vic-fas-client-authorisation"
area_id: "A21"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A62-V20261018-4", "A62-KE20261022-13"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# FAS client authorisation form, where the representative is a lawyer: completion guide

> 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-fas-client-authorisation  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

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: Victoria
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-23
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-23 against the official form at victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au and the authority it cites, for Victoria.

## When to use it

Use when a victim wants a lawyer to be their authorised representative for a Victorian Financial Assistance Scheme application. The client and the lawyer use the current authorisation form. If the representative is not a lawyer, the scheme requires a statutory declaration, which is not completed here.

## Used for these tasks

- [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)
- [Choose the application channel for a victims assistance claim](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation.md#A62-KE20261022-13)

## How AI may be used

The tool may record that the representative is a lawyer and that the July 2026 authorisation is the form the page names; the client and the lawyer complete it, and the tool writes no statutory declaration.

**AI may:**

- Record that the proposed representative is a lawyer, so the authorisation form is the path the page describes
- Check the file index for the current authorisation, rather than a stored copy

**AI must not:**

- Must not complete the authorisation. The Word file was not opened
- Must not complete, witness, or outline any statutory declaration
- Must not use this form where the representative is not a lawyer. The page then requires a statutory declaration

**The lawyer checks:**

- The page says a lawyer who is the authorised representative completes the FAS client authorisation form of July 2026 instead of a statutory declaration
- The Word file is FAS-client-authorisation-July-2026.docx, linked from the templates page. Read it before it is signed
- The main FAS application is a separate form and is already in the library. This authorisation does not replace it
- The page's lawyers' responsibilities link was not opened
- Health information stays in a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether any disclosure would be a notifiable breach under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

## Authorities

- [Victims of Crime Financial Assistance Scheme, Templates and forms, updated 13 July 2026 (opened 23 October 2026)](https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/fas-templates-and-forms)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/fas-templates-and-forms)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-23.

## 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-vic-fas-client-authorisation 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.*