--- title: "Witness secondary victim financial assistance (Victim Assist Queensland Form 9)" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-qld-vaq-witness-secondary" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a62-form-qld-vaq-witness-secondary" area_id: "A62" kind: "form" ai_level: "yellow" version: 1 task_ids: ["A62-V20261018-4", "A62-V20261018-5", "A62-KE20261022-6", "A62-V20261018-2", "A62-VC20261023-3"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23" --- # Witness secondary victim financial assistance (Victim Assist Queensland Form 9) > Link to Victim Assist Queensland Form 9 version 4, for a person injured by seeing or hearing an act of violence in Queensland. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-qld-vaq-witness-secondary 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: [Victims of Crime Support & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation.md) - Jurisdictions: Queensland - 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 publications.qld.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Queensland. ## When to use it Use when acting for a witness who was injured by seeing or hearing an act of violence in Queensland and applies to Victim Assist Queensland for financial assistance. ## 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) - [Take the victim's own account of the violence and its impact](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/take-the-victim-s-own-account-of-the-violence-and-its-impact.md) - [Apply for more time to lodge a victims assistance claim](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/apply-for-more-time-to-lodge-a-victims-assistance-claim.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) - [Work out whether another payment must be notified or assistance repaid](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/work-out-whether-another-payment-must-be-notified-or-assistance-repaid.md) ## How AI may be used The tool may index records of the violence and the witness's expenses for the lawyer to check, and it writes none of the witness's own account. **AI may:** - Index police, medical and expense documents with dates and sources - List other payments shown on the file for the lawyer to check against the declaration questions - Note whether the witness is a bystander or a person the form tells to use the primary application **AI must not:** - Must not write what the witness saw or heard, or how it affected them - Must not write the declaration of other payments or any signature - Must not choose between the form's domestic-violence statements, or decide an extension - Must not write the confirmation that all information in the form is, to the best of the person's knowledge, true and not misleading **The lawyer checks:** - Form 9 version 4, effective 14 September 2023, returned in full - The person saw or heard violence in Queensland and was injured by it - The primary form is used where the form says children or family members in the home are primary victims - The work and motor-vehicle gates, and the 3-year question, are answered from the file - The violence was reported as the form requires, and the client signs ## Authorities - [Victim Assist Queensland, Form 9 version 4, Financial assistance application: witness secondary victim, effective 14 September 2023](https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/d5e08dd6-4276-4dcd-8cf8-a3c88713bae1/resource/2af38100-cb02-4f3b-8a35-c62f9e360b42/download/witness-financial-assistance-application-form-victim-assist-queensland.pdf) - [Queensland Government publications, Witness financial assistance application form](https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/applying-for-financial-assistance-victims-of-crime/resource/2af38100-cb02-4f3b-8a35-c62f9e360b42) ## Official form [Official form](https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/d5e08dd6-4276-4dcd-8cf8-a3c88713bae1/resource/2af38100-cb02-4f3b-8a35-c62f9e360b42/download/witness-financial-assistance-application-form-victim-assist-queensland.pdf) ## Where this comes from The official form is published by publications.qld.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/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-qld-vaq-witness-secondary 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.*