---
title: "New South Wales motor accident weekly statutory benefits worksheet"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/nsw-maia-weekly-benefits"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a21-nsw-maia-weekly-benefits"
area_id: "A21"
kind: "other"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A21-MV20261023-13", "A22-TP20261023-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# New South Wales motor accident weekly statutory benefits worksheet

> Worksheet for weekly statutory benefits under the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 (NSW) sections 3.6 to 3.12 and Schedule 1. The indexed maximum is the declared order, and the printed amount is not typed.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/nsw-maia-weekly-benefits  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

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## Key facts

- Kind: Other. A precedent that fits none of the other kinds.
- Practice area: [Personal Injury & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales
- 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 3 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use for weekly statutory benefits after a New South Wales motor accident to which this Act applies. The lawyer decides earner status, fault and threshold injury. It is not a workers compensation worksheet.

## Used for these tasks

- [Work out how long weekly motor-accident income benefits can continue](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/work-out-how-long-weekly-motor-accident-income-benefits-can-continue.md)
- [Map policy offset clauses against statutory weekly payments and other income](https://ailawframework.com/practice/insurance-law/map-policy-offset-clauses-against-statutory-weekly-payments-and-other-in.md)

## How AI may be used

The tool sets out the Schedule 1 average and the percentage in the entitlement period the lawyer selects, and leaves the declared maximum and the minimum for the lawyer.

**AI may:**

- Test the Schedule 1 earner paths against the work history the lawyer marks.
- Average gross earnings over the period clause 4 selects.
- Apply 95, 80 or 85 per cent as sections 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 state, then show the maximum and minimum comparisons with blanks for the indexed amounts.

**AI must not:**

- Do not type the amount printed in section 3.9(1). Section 3.9(5) says the declared amount applies to its exclusion.
- Do not invent the minimum. Section 3.10 says the regulations prescribe it. They were not opened.
- Do not decide most at fault, threshold injury, or a permanent-impairment percentage.
- Do not apply section 3.38's reduction. The section was not opened. Section 3.11 only records that mostly at fault means contributory negligence greater than 61 per cent.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Decide whether the person is an earner under Schedule 1 clause 2, and whether a student or apprentice clause applies.
- Insert the maximum from the order the Authority publishes on the NSW legislation website under section 3.9.
- Insert the minimum prescribed by the regulations.
- Decide fault, threshold injury and, where section 3.12 needs it, whether a damages claim is pending and the permanent impairment.
- Keep wage and medical records in the firm's system. Check Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules rule 9, Australian Privacy Principle 11, and whether a breach would be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

## Authorities

- [Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 (NSW) s 3.6, s 3.7 and s 3.8 (weekly payments by period)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/maia2017245/s3.6.html)
- [Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 (NSW) s 3.5, s 3.9, s 3.10, s 3.11 and s 3.12](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/maia2017245/s3.9.html)
- [Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 (NSW) Schedule 1 (earner and pre-accident weekly earnings)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/maia2017245/sch1.html)

## 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/nsw-maia-weekly-benefits 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.*