---
title: "TAC common law time limit notification form: completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-tac-common-law-time-limit"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a21-form-vic-tac-common-law-time-limit"
area_id: "A21"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A21-T1-R1", "A21-T1-R5", "A21-WR20261022-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# TAC common law time limit notification form: completion guide

> Guide to the TAC form used when a serious injury certificate application will be lodged outside the six-year period in the Limitation of Actions Act 1958, under the Common Law Protocol 2026.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-tac-common-law-time-limit  
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 tac.vic.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Victoria.

## When to use it

Use when a serious injury certificate application to the TAC will be lodged more than six years after the injury, or more than six years after a minor turns 18. Do not use it if the lawyer knows the TAC does not indemnify the defendant.

## Used for these tasks

- [Calculate limitation and pre-action notice deadlines from the injury facts](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/calculate-limitation-and-pre-action-notice-deadlines-from-the-injury-fac.md)
- [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)
- [Test an injury against the statutory threshold for benefits or damages](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-an-injury-against-the-statutory-threshold-for-benefits-or-damages.md)

## How AI may be used

The tool may diary the six-year date from the injury date or the eighteenth birthday the lawyer confirms, and list the defendants already named on the file; the lawyer completes and sends the TAC form.

**AI may:**

- Diary six years from the injury date the lawyer confirms, or six years from the date a minor turns 18
- List proposed defendants and vehicle registrations already recorded on the file
- Check that the anticipated lodgement date the lawyer chooses is within six months of the notification date

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide that the TAC indemnifies a defendant
- Must not choose the anticipated lodgement date or write the other comments
- Must not describe the accident or the injuries in the form
- Must not submit the form

**The lawyer checks:**

- The serious injury application will be outside the six-year period the form states
- The lawyer does not know of a defendant the TAC does not indemnify. If the lawyer does know that, this form is not used
- Name, date of birth, accident date and claim number match the TAC record
- The anticipated lodgement date, including Chapter 5 material, is within six months of notification
- 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

- [Transport Accident Commission, Common law time limit notification form (opened 23 October 2026)](https://www.tac.vic.gov.au/providers/documents-and-forms/basic-forms/legal-forms/common-law-time-limit-notification-form)
- [Transport Accident Act 1986 (Vic), version 158, in force 2 October 2026](https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/acts/transport-accident-act-1986/158)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.tac.vic.gov.au/providers/documents-and-forms/basic-forms/legal-forms/common-law-time-limit-notification-form)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by tac.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-tac-common-law-time-limit 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.*