--- title: "Primary victim application (ACT Financial Assistance Scheme): completion guide" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-act-primary-victim-assistance" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a62-form-act-primary-victim-assistance" area_id: "A62" kind: "form" ai_level: "yellow" version: 1 task_ids: ["A62-V20261018-1", "A62-V20261018-2", "A62-V20261018-3", "A62-V20261018-4", "A62-V20261018-7"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22" --- # Primary victim application (ACT Financial Assistance Scheme): completion guide > Link to the ACT primary victim application for financial assistance, on the Human Rights Commission forms page. The link text states no form number. The file name includes a June 2025 string.… Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-act-primary-victim-assistance Law stated as at: 2026-10-22 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt Link to the ACT primary victim application for financial assistance, on the Human Rights Commission forms page. The link text states no form number. The file name includes a June 2025 string. The lawyer confirms the current file. The PDF was not opened. ## Key facts - Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one. - Practice area: [Victims of Crime Support & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-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 hrc.act.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Australian Capital Territory. ## When to use it Use when a person injured emotionally or physically by a violent crime in the ACT applies as a primary victim. Do not use the related-victim, funeral, variation or extension form unless that is the application. The tool does not write the account of the crime. ## Used for these tasks - [Build the victims' claim eligibility and deadline register](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/build-the-victims-claim-eligibility-and-deadline-register.md) - [Index the police, medical and counselling records for a victims' application](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/index-the-police-medical-and-counselling-records-for-a-victims-applicati.md) - [Build the expenses and income loss schedule for a financial assistance claim](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/build-the-expenses-and-income-loss-schedule-for-a-financial-assistance-c.md) - [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) - [Check a victims' scheme decision against the categories and limits](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/check-a-victims-scheme-decision-against-the-categories-and-limits.md) ## How AI may be used AI may check the application pack against the current form and list missing records. The lawyer writes any account of the violence and checks every form before it is lodged. **AI may:** - Check the pack against the current official form and list records the opened page says to include - Flag when a primary, family, related or extension form is being used for the wrong applicant - List the time limits, caps and contact details stated on the page that was opened **AI must not:** - Must not draft the account of the violence, the effect on the person, or any words that would be lodged in the application - Must not invent a fact, a date, a police report or a medical finding - Must not sign or lodge the application **The lawyer checks:** - The current primary victim file is downloaded and saved before it is completed, as the forms page instructs - The file name is not treated as a form number. The lawyer confirms the current file - Police-reporting rules, including the special reporting class on the financial assistance page, are checked for this applicant - 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 - [ACT Human Rights Commission, Forms for financial assistance](https://www.hrc.act.gov.au/victim-support/forms-for-financial-assistance) - [ACT Human Rights Commission, Financial assistance](https://www.hrc.act.gov.au/victim-support/financial-assistance) ## Official form [Official form](https://www.hrc.act.gov.au/victim-support/forms-for-financial-assistance) ## Where this comes from The official form is published by hrc.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/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-act-primary-victim-assistance 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.*