---
title: "NSW recognition payment: category and amount worksheet"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/recognition-payment-category-worksheet-nsw"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a62-recognition-payment-category-worksheet-nsw"
area_id: "A62"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A62-V20261018-7", "A62-V20261018-1", "A62-V20261018-4"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# NSW recognition payment: category and amount worksheet

> A worksheet matching a NSW recognition payment application to the amounts and applicant classes published by Victims Services, with the time frames on that page flagged for checking against the Act.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/recognition-payment-category-worksheet-nsw  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Victims of Crime Support & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-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: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when a primary victim or a family victim of homicide asks what recognition payment the NSW Victims Support Scheme publishes for their circumstances. The lawyer checks the category against the Act and the evidence. This is not the application and not the victim's account.

## Used for these tasks

- [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)
- [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)
- [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)

## How AI may be used

AI may place the facts the lawyer has already accepted beside the categories on the Victims Services page; the lawyer decides the category and whether the application is in time.

**AI may:**

- Set the published categories out beside a short description the lawyer has already written
- Enter the incident date, the victim's date of birth and a candidate time limit, flagged for checking

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide the category or that the person is eligible
- Must not draft or outline the victim's account of the violence or its impact
- Must not treat the web page as a substitute for the Victims Rights and Support Act 2013

**The lawyer checks:**

- The category is checked against the current Act, not only against the web page
- The time frame on the page is checked against s 40 and any later amendment before the client is told a date
- Section 25 (people who are not eligible) and s 44 (when support may be declined or reduced) are read before a category is advised

## Authorities

- [NSW Government, Recognition payment through the Victims Support Scheme (amounts, who can apply, time frames, and the documents a primary victim is asked to provide), read 22 October 2026](https://www.nsw.gov.au/legal-and-justice/information-for-victims-of-crime/victims-support-scheme/recognition-payment)

## 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/recognition-payment-category-worksheet-nsw 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.*