---
title: "Victims support eligibility and deadline register (NSW Victims Rights and Support Act 2013)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/victims-support-eligibility-deadline-register-nsw"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a62-victims-support-eligibility-deadline-register-nsw"
area_id: "A62"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A62-V20261018-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Victims support eligibility and deadline register (NSW Victims Rights and Support Act 2013)

> Register for each NSW victims support matter: victim category, act of violence date, the 2-year and 10-year application limits, the 5-year claim window, evidence requested and the 12-month lapse date, decisions and the…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/victims-support-eligibility-deadline-register-nsw  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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Register for each NSW victims support matter: victim category, act of violence date, the 2-year and 10-year application limits, the 5-year claim window, evidence requested and the 12-month lapse date, decisions and the 90-day internal review date.

## 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. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the 4 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.

## When to use it

Open at the first instruction from a primary, secondary or family victim seeking financial support or a recognition payment under the NSW scheme, and keep it current until the claim window closes. Check the statutory exceptions before treating any application as out of time.

## Used for these tasks

- [Build the victims' claim eligibility and deadline register](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation.md#A62-V20261018-1)

## How AI may be used

AI may enter dates and calculate candidate deadlines from the file; the lawyer confirms the victim category, the applicable time limit and any exception.

**AI may:**

- Enter the dates of the act of violence, the victim’s date of birth, requests and decisions from the file
- Calculate candidate deadlines under ss 40, 41A and 49, flagged for the lawyer to confirm

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft, summarise or outline the victim’s own account of the violence or its impact
- Must not decide the victim category or that an application is out of time
- Must not process police or medical records outside the firm’s approved environment

**The lawyer checks:**

- The victim category and the support sought are right for the facts
- Child victim and family victim rules, and the 10-year limit for recognition payments, have been applied where relevant
- Every deadline is diarised by two people

## Authorities

- [Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 (NSW) ss 20 to 25 (primary, secondary and family victims; eligibility; persons not eligible)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-037)
- [Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 (NSW) s 40 (2 years for financial support or a recognition payment; 10 years for a recognition payment involving domestic violence, child abuse or sexual assault; child victims; claims for 5 years)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-037)
- [Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 (NSW) s 41A (application lapses 12 months after evidence is first requested and not provided)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-037)
- [Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 (NSW) s 49 (internal review within 90 days after notice of the decision)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-037)

## 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/victims-support-eligibility-deadline-register-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.*