---
title: "Victoria Financial Assistance Scheme: eligibility and time limits"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/vic-fas-eligibility-time-limits"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a62-vic-fas-eligibility-time-limits"
area_id: "A62"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A62-V20261018-1", "A62-V20261018-7"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Victoria Financial Assistance Scheme: eligibility and time limits

> Checklist of who the Victorian Financial Assistance Scheme says can apply, and the time limits the scheme's page states for adults, children and funeral-only applicants.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/vic-fas-eligibility-time-limits  
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: Victoria
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Victoria.

## When to use it

Use when a person affected by violent crime in Victoria may apply to the Financial Assistance Scheme and the file needs the published time limit and victim category recorded before an application is prepared.

## 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)
- [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

The tool may enter the dates and the category the file suggests, and the lawyer decides eligibility and whether a late application is available.

**AI may:**

- Record whether the violent act is said to have occurred in Victoria and whether it was reported to police.
- Enter the adult, child, or funeral-only time limit the page states, and the date that limit falls on.
- Record which victim description on the page is being considered, without deciding it.
- Note the offence examples and the two exclusions the page states.

**AI must not:**

- Do not prepare the Financial Assistance Scheme application. The application form is a separate precedent.
- Do not decide that special circumstances exist for not reporting to police, or that a late application will be accepted. The page does not define those tests.
- Do not state dollar amounts. This page does not set them.
- Do not treat the offence list as closed. The page says the listed offences are examples.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Confirm the time limit against the current 'Can I apply' page. It was updated on 30 June 2025 when read.
- Confirm the victim category and any special circumstance for not reporting to police.
- Confirm the crime is a violent offence in Victoria, and is not only property damage, theft, or a breach of an intervention order with no violent act.
- Read the assistance pages for the victim type before any amount is discussed. Those pages were not opened.

## Authorities

- [Victims of Crime, Victoria, Can I apply for financial assistance? (updated 30 June 2025; read 22 October 2026)](https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/can-i-apply-for-financial-assistance)

## 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/vic-fas-eligibility-time-limits 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.*